Re: HDD LED doesn't light.

Eric Mudama
2004-09-06T00:50:26Z

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