[ltp] can we control wireless LED ?

kionez linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Fri, 27 Jul 2007 16:50:36 +0200


#include <Frédéric BOITEUX.h>   // created 27/07/2007 13:47
>   I've a Thinkpad X31 with an updated pcmcia wifi card (Atheros
> chipset). The card works ok, and I've made a small script to intercept
> ACPI event when I press Fn-F5 to activate or inhibit wifi (I actually
> load/unload ath_pci module, as i didn't found any 'powersave' or 'sleep'
> command in madwifi driver). I would like to light the wireless LED when
> wifi is available : is it possible ? I didn't found a way in
> ThinkWiki...

I have the same issue on my T61, the only thing i found searching the
web, is a open bug, url:
http://bughost.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1209
Seems that they're working on this problem..

k.