From: "Josh Boyer" <jwboyer@gmail.com>
To: "Casey Dahlin" <cjdahlin@ncsu.edu>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: USB Key light on/off state depending on mount
Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 16:13:21 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <625fc13d0708241413s1086527id377b49e7adacc5e@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <46CF468E.1080607@ncsu.edu>
On 8/24/07, Casey Dahlin <cjdahlin@ncsu.edu> wrote:
> Most USB keys nowadays have a small LED somewhere inside of them that
> lights up when they are plugged in. On a windows box, the key is lit up
> whenever it is mounted, and as soon as it is unmounted it turns off,
> giving a handy physical indicator that the key is safe to remove. On
> linux, the light is simply on whenever the key is plugged in.
>
> Should linux toggle the light depending on mount state? Is it as trivial
> as it seems or does this reflect some larger issue?
I think that depends on the key. My Corsair keys have the light
flicker whenever I/O is on-going.
josh
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-08-24 21:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-08-24 20:58 Casey Dahlin
2007-08-24 21:13 ` Josh Boyer [this message]
2007-08-25 19:26 ` Guennadi Liakhovetski
2007-08-25 22:21 ` Stefan Richter
2007-09-07 19:56 ` Casey Dahlin
2007-08-26 10:10 ` Xavier Bestel
[not found] <fa.BwCgwGvTNIOD+KEeBrvP11xCEmw@ifi.uio.no>
2007-08-24 23:19 ` Robert Hancock
2007-08-25 10:49 ` James Bruce
2007-08-25 11:58 ` Éric Piel
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