INTRODUCTION

This is my version of ledstatus based on meter-0.2.  It uses the same
interface, and hardware device described in led-stat.txt.  The differences
are in how the actual display works.  It is much more real-time in nature
and shows a system heartbeat.  Ledstatus also forks itself into the
background on startup and runs as a daemon.  Because this program needs
access to make a ioperm call it must be run as root.  I set it up on my
system to execute on system startup and did not suid it.  Just a side note
that if this program or associated device causes damage to your machine I 
cannot be held responsible.  By using this program you agree to those terms.

This programs is licenced under the terms of the GPL.  All I ask is that 
if you make modifications please post them where others can get them.  I 
would also request that if you make any cool modifications I would like 
to get a copy of the changes.

Thanks to Joseph Vigneau for the original meter-0.2 from which this idea
is based, and of course Linus and all of the people who contribute to the
free software concept and make Linux possible.  After using linux for
several years now I decided it was time to give something back.  Small as
this program may be I hope others find it useful.  Expect to see more.

This is a linux specific version since it uses the /proc filesystem to
read the load information from the kernel.  It should draw much less CPU. 
In fact on my Pentium 133 the load is so small that you can easily forget
that the program is running. 

Enjoy! 

INSTALLATION

Pretty simple.  Just type 'make'.  This will compile the program.  To
install it all you need to do is copy it to a directory in your path. 
Since it is a system related program which must be executed by root, I put
it in my /sbin directory. 


Please send enhancements, comments, questions, and success stories to 
jer@xmission.com.

Thanks,

Jeremy Garff
