On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 2:24 PM, Eitan Adler <eitanadlerl...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm not sure if FreeBSD will detect the "pure LED", but as > >> you mentioned that it is labelled "wireless", it is in >> relation to the WLAN inside the laptop. Maybe there's a >> device driver functionality that activates the LED when >> the WLAN device is active? >> > > Might be - but I don't have windows so I have no way of testing > > >> Do you use the laptop's WLAN, and does the LED correspond >> to any state (like activated, connected, scanning etc.) of >> the WLAN? >> > I do use WLAN but it does not correspond to any specific state. Nor does the > physical switch change anything > >> >> Anyway, I would predict that you won't find an easy way >> to utilize this LED except you're writing a driver for it >> with specifications the laptop's manufacturer will sell to >> you if you put enough money onto the table. :-) >> > It happens to be a Lenovo laptop. If I could get a copy of the > specification it would make a nice project for me - writing a driver - > *wonders* > >> >> Otherwise, it's completely useless. >> -- >> Polytropon >> Magdeburg, Germany >> Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 >> Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... >> > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" >
If it's and Intel card (iwi(4), ipw(4), iwn(4)), it's a matter of knowing what command to send to the firmware. What device do you have in the laptop? Check the dmesg(8) output... -Brandon _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"