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+.\" $NetBSD: leds.4,v 1.11 2022/08/28 10:48:16 hgutch Exp $
+.\"
+.\" Copyright (c) 1997 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
+.\" All rights reserved.
+.\"
+.\" This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation
+.\" by der Mouse and Jeremy Cooper.
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+.Dd March 2, 1996
+.Dt LEDS 4 sun2
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm leds
+.Nd sun2 diagnostic Light Emitting Diodes driver
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.In machine/leds.h
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+All sun2 machines are equipped
+a diagnostic display of eight Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs), located
+on either the front (deskside chassis) or the back (desktop machine)
+of the system unit.
+.Pp
+The kernel changes the display during periods of idle processor activity
+according to a stored sequential pattern list.
+The
+.Pa /dev/leds
+interface provides a way of manipulating the pattern list via simple file I/O.
+.Pp
+The structure of the file is as follows:
+.Bd -literal
+struct led_patterns {
+ u_char divisor;
+ u_char patlen;
+ u_char pat[256];
+};
+.Ed
+.Bl -tag -width divisor
+.It Sy divisor
+The number of idle periods to wait before switching to the next pattern in
+the array.
+.It Sy patlen
+The number of patterns stored in the array.
+.It Sy pat
+The array of patterns to display.
+.El
+.Pp
+When a clock interrupt occurs while the processor is idle, a pattern
+countdown timer is decremented.
+When the countdown timer reaches zero
+it is reset with the
+.Sy divisor
+value and the next pattern in the array is selected and displayed.
+.Pp
+Each 8-bit pattern describes the state of the diagnostic LEDs.
+A set bit in a pattern indicates that its
+corresponding LED should be extinguished,
+while a reset bit indicates an LED to be illuminated.
+.Sh FILES
+.Bl -tag -width /dev/leds -compact
+.It Pa /dev/leds
+.El
+.Sh EXAMPLES
+The following example uses
+.Xr awk 1
+to display the repeating animation of a single lit LED scrolling from one end
+of the display to the other, using six clock ticks between each update.
+.Bd -ragged -offset indent
+# echo 5 8 254 253 251 247 239 223 191 127 |
+ awk '{ for (i=1;i<=NF;i++) printf("%c",$i+0); }' > /dev/leds
+.Ed
+.Sh ERRORS
+An I/O transfer to
+.Pa /dev/leds
+will complete successfully unless:
+.Bl -tag -width Er
+.It Bq Er EIO
+A read or write starting beyond the end of the file was attempted.
+.El
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr ppt 6
+.Sh HISTORY
+.Pa /dev/leds
+first appeared in
+.Nx 1.2 .