In message <4f7b761b.4030...@fuzzwad.org>, Ron McDowell writes: >I just got a little USB powered fan and it sure would be nice if I could >have cron on my FreeBSD box turn it on or off at certain times by >switching off the 5V line on a USB port. Anyone know how I can do >that? Thanks.
I have only found very few USB ports where it was possible to reliably control power with a published interface. Most USB-controllers support doing it, but most motherboards don't mount the necessary FET. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 p...@freebsd.org | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. _______________________________________________ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
