Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Realview/Versatile: Export LED state

[Peter Maydell]

On 11 January 2013 13:42, Wolfgang Mauerer <address@hidden> wrote:
> The configuration register for the onboard LEDs is
> emulated, but the state is not exported, which makes
> the feature not particularly useful. Create a character
> device to make status changes accessible to the host.
>
> For example, use the command line argument
>
> -chardev socket,id=leds,host=localhost,port=12345,server,nowait
>
> to observe status changes via a socket.

This isn't the only board we emulate which has LEDs. I'd
rather see this problem tackled with a general plan for "this
is how we handle LEDs in QEMU boards" rather than a
versatile board specific patch.

thanks
-- PMM