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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: hard drive activity indicatorRe: hard drive activity indicator
From: Linus Nielsen Feltzing <linus_at_haxx.se>
Date: Wed, 08 May 2002 21:49:36 +0200 true blast wrote: > i have a question. i was thinking of modding my > jukebox to change the red LED to be the hard drive > activity indicator (tie it to pin 39 of the IDE > interface). does this LED serve any useful purpose? > i have never seen it turn on...this is why i ask. > what do you guys think? > > or is there any way in software to patch something to > do this? or is this pin of the IDE interface not tied > to an I/O port or interrupt on the processor/hardware > that could be detected from software? The LED is software controlled. And we are using it for hard disk activity in our ATA driver. Your prayers have been heard! :-) /Linus Received on 2002-05-08 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |