From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S268101AbUHaWBK (ORCPT ); Tue, 31 Aug 2004 18:01:10 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S269105AbUHaUGA (ORCPT ); Tue, 31 Aug 2004 16:06:00 -0400 Received: from lists.us.dell.com ([143.166.224.162]:32157 "EHLO lists.us.dell.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S267380AbUHaUBQ (ORCPT ); Tue, 31 Aug 2004 16:01:16 -0400 Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 14:59:02 -0500 From: Matt Domsch To: Adrian Yee Cc: Eric Mudama , Robert Hancock , linux-kernel Subject: Re: HDD LED doesn't light. Message-ID: <20040831195902.GA3945@lists.us.dell.com> References: <311601c904082709107a8c8475@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Aug 31, 2004 at 12:44:08PM -0700, Adrian Yee wrote: > But this doesn't explain why I have two motherboards here where the HDD > activity LED does not light up in linux (for SATA drives) but does in > windows . Note that it only starts working in windows *after* the > driver has loaded. I've heard of implementations of the drive light on SATA where it is controlled through a general-purpose I/O pin somewhere else in the chipset. If that's the case, then the Windows driver may well know how to drive the GPIO to indicate drive activity for you... -- Matt Domsch Sr. Software Engineer, Lead Engineer Dell Linux Solutions linux.dell.com & www.dell.com/linux Linux on Dell mailing lists @ http://lists.us.dell.com