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LED handling under Linux
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LED handling under Linux
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@@ -5,10 +6,10 @@ If you're reading this and thinking about keyboard leds, these are
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handled by the input subsystem and the led class is *not* needed.
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handled by the input subsystem and the led class is *not* needed.
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In its simplest form, the LED class just allows control of LEDs from
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In its simplest form, the LED class just allows control of LEDs from
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-userspace. LEDs appear in /sys/class/leds/. The brightness file will
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-set the brightness of the LED (taking a value 0-255). Most LEDs don't
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-have hardware brightness support so will just be turned on for non-zero
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-brightness settings.
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+userspace. LEDs appear in /sys/class/leds/. The maximum brightness of the
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+LED is defined in max_brightness file. The brightness file will set the brightness
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+of the LED (taking a value 0-max_brightness). Most LEDs don't have hardware
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+brightness support so will just be turned on for non-zero brightness settings.
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The class also introduces the optional concept of an LED trigger. A trigger
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The class also introduces the optional concept of an LED trigger. A trigger
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is a kernel based source of led events. Triggers can either be simple or
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is a kernel based source of led events. Triggers can either be simple or
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