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27.Dd $Mdocdate: January 12 2018 $
28.Dt PPM 4 sparc64
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm ppm
32.Nd SPARC64 PPM
33.Sh SYNOPSIS
34.Cd "ppm* at ebus?"
35.Sh DESCRIPTION
36The
37.Nm
38device contains miscellaneous system controls, including the front panel LED.
39This LED can be made to blink based on the load average on most systems
40by setting the
41.Xr sysctl 2
42variable
43.Ar machdep.led_blink
44to a non-zero value.
45Internally, various status bits for some of the onboard devices are
46found in
47.Nm ppm .
48.Sh SEE ALSO
49.Xr sysctl 2 ,
50.Xr ebus 4 ,
51.Xr intro 4
52