Re: [RFC PATCH 0/8] Add configurable block device LED triggers
From: Pavel Machek <hidden>
Date: 2021-07-29 18:35:46
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On Thu 2021-07-29 12:03:04, Ian Pilcher wrote:
On 7/29/21 3:54 AM, Pavel Machek wrote:quoted
We normally have a trigger ("block device activity") which can then expose parameters ("I watch for read" and "I monitor sda1"). Is there a reason normal solution can not be used?This big difference is that this allows different devices to drive different LEDs. For example, my NAS has 5 drive bays, each of which has its own activity LED. With these patches, I can create a separate trigger for each of those LEDs and associate the drive in each bay with the correct LED:
Yes, and I'd like to have that functionality, but I believe userland API should be similar to what we do elsewhere. Marek described it in more details. Best regards, Pavel -- http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek