Re: HDD LED doesn't light.

[Eric Mudama]

On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 14:59:02 -0500, Matt Domsch <matt_domsch@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 31, 2004 at 12:44:08PM -0700, Adrian Yee wrote:
> > But this doesn't explain why I have two motherboards here where the HDD
> > activity LED does not light up in linux (for SATA drives) but does in
> > windows .  Note that it only starts working in windows *after* the
> > driver has loaded.
> 
> I've heard of implementations of the drive light on SATA where it is
> controlled through a general-purpose I/O pin somewhere else in the
> chipset.  If that's the case, then the Windows driver may well know
> how to drive the GPIO to indicate drive activity for you...

That would be my guess too.

This is all part of the initial hiccups in a brand new interface. 
Within another year or two, everything will stabilize out and work "as
intended" (crosses fingers)

--eric
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