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26.Dd March 31, 2017
27.Dt ULED 4
28.Os
29.Sh NAME
30.Nm uled
31.Nd USB LED driver
32.Sh SYNOPSIS
33To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines into
34your kernel configuration file:
35.Bd -ragged -offset indent
36.Cd "device uled"
37.Cd "device usb"
38.Ed
39.Pp
40Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time,
41place the following line in
42.Xr loader.conf 5 :
43.Bd -literal -offset indent
44uled_load="YES"
45.Ed
46.Sh DESCRIPTION
47The
48.Nm
49driver provides support for Dream Cheeky WebMail Notifier and
50ThingM blink(1) notification LED.
51.Pp
52Subsequently, the
53.Pa /dev/uled0
54device can be used by userland applications.
55.Sh IOCTLS
56The following
57.Xr ioctl 2
58commands can be performed on
59.Pa /dev/uled0 ,
60which are defined in
61.In dev/usb/uled_ioctl.h :
62.Bl -tag -width indent
63.It Dv ULED_GET_COLOR
64The command returns LED colors with values for RGB.
65This
66.Xr ioctl 2
67takes the following structure:
68.Bd -literal
69struct uled_color {
70	uint8_t	red;
71	uint8_t	green;
72	uint8_t	blue;
73};
74.Ed
75.It Dv ULED_SET_COLOR
76The command sets LED colors with values for RGB.
77It uses the same structure as above.
78.El
79.Sh FILES
80.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /dev/uled0" -compact
81.It Pa /dev/uled0
82blocking device node
83.El
84.Sh SEE ALSO
85.Xr ohci 4 ,
86.Xr uhci 4 ,
87.Xr usb 4
88.Sh AUTHORS
89.An -nosplit
90The
91.Nm
92driver was written by
93.An Kevin Lo Aq Mt kevlo@FreeBSD.org .
94