/ledtrig-netdev

Kernel module to drive LEDs based on network activity

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ledtrig-netdev

Kernel module to drive LEDs based on network activity

Forked from OpenWrt and distributed as standalone package.

Installation

  1. Install Linux headers and sources (required for drivers/leds/leds.h):

    sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r) linux-source

  2. Extract the Linux sources:

    (cd /usr/src && sudo tar -xJf linux-source-*.tar.xz)

  3. Clone and install this module's sources:

    git clone https://github.com/qu1x/ledtrig-netdev.git
sudo mv ledtrig-netdev /usr/src/ledtrig-netdev-1.0.0

  4. Build and install this module:

    • Either via Make (must be manually rebuilt for each kernel update):

      sudo make -C /usr/src/ledtrig-netdev-1.0.0 install

    • Or via DKMS (will be automatically rebuilt for each kernel update):

      1. Install DKMS:

        sudo apt-get install dkms

      2. Install this module:

        sudo dkms install ledtrig-netdev/1.0.0