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.\" $OpenBSD: ppm.4,v 1.1 2006/06/02 04:54:06 jason Exp $
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.\" Copyright (c) 2006 Jason L. Wright (jason@thought.net)
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.Dd June 1, 2006
.Dt PPM 4 sparc64
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm ppm
.Nd SPARC64 PPM
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Cd "ppm* at ebus?"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
device contains miscellaneous system controls, including the front panel LED.
This LED can be made to blink based on the load average on most systems
by setting the
.Xr sysctl 3
variable
.Ar machdep.led_blink
to a non-zero value.
Internally, various status bits for some of the onboard devices are
found in
.Nm ppm .
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr sysctl 3 ,
.Xr ebus 4 ,
.Xr intro 4
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