From: Eric Mudama <edmudama@gmail.com>
To: Matt Domsch <matt_domsch@dell.com>
Cc: Adrian Yee <brewt-linux-kernel@brewt.org>,
Robert Hancock <hancockr@shaw.ca>,
linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: HDD LED doesn't light.
Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2004 18:50:13 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <311601c9040905175023ae280f@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040831195902.GA3945@lists.us.dell.com>
On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 14:59:02 -0500, Matt Domsch <matt_domsch@dell.com> wrote:
> 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...
That would be my guess too.
This is all part of the initial hiccups in a brand new interface.
Within another year or two, everything will stabilize out and work "as
intended" (crosses fingers)
--eric
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-09-06 0:50 UTC|newest]
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[not found] ` <fa.e807bv7.klg10f@ifi.uio.no>
2004-08-25 3:40 ` HDD LED doesn't light Robert Hancock
2004-08-27 16:10 ` Eric Mudama
2004-08-31 19:44 ` Adrian Yee
2004-08-31 19:59 ` Matt Domsch
2004-09-06 0:50 ` Eric Mudama [this message]
2004-08-24 5:26 Ben Skeggs
2004-08-24 13:05 ` "Fernando O. Korndörfer"
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