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SubjectRe: PATCH : LEDs - possibly the most pointless kernel subsystem ever
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.

Most keyboards have leds, some of them even "new mail" led, and input already handles those.
We have that interface already. Its badly named...
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Pavel
Written on sharp zaurus, because my Velo1 broke. If you have Velo you don't need...

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