Re: PATCH : LEDs - possibly the most pointless kernel subsystem ever

From: Jamey Hicks (jamey.hicks@hp.com)
Date: Wed Jul 30 2003 - 06:45:49 EST


On Tue, 2003-07-29 at 14:00, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I'd not said this is so pointless... handhelds tend to have "new mail" led for example.
> Better question is why it is not integrated with input subsystem (similar to kbd leds).

I would have thought that leds are output? Why would output devices be
integrated into the input subsystem?

I do think that the Linux kernel should have a generic LED interface for
devices that have them available as indicators.

-Jamey

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