The only platform-specific code is in
http://eclipse-xps.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/com.litrik.eclipse.xps/src/com/litrik/eclipse/xps/core/LEDs.c


I have no experience developing Windows applications nor Linux applications. But I
guess the key will be to find the equivalent of CreateFileA("\\.\APPDRV",...) and 
DeviceIoControl(...) under Linux.

I might warn you there there is no ready information on how to get the lights to work
under Linux. I tried looking for this when I wrote the original xps_led_control.c,
but I couldn't find it.

The code depends on C:\Windows\System32\drivers\APPDRV.SYS, which comes from Dell. I
don't think it's available under Linux.

It looks like we're one step closer to getting Linux support.

Dell is working on an SMBIOS library for Linux. This library supposedly allows you to
control the LEDs under Linux. Full details are at
http://linux.dell.com/libsmbios/main/index.html

This information was originally found at 
http://litrik.blogspot.com/2007/02/xps-leds-under-linux.html#comment-3337514335210332286
and
http://www.brodwall.com/johannes/blog/2006/02/20/dell-xps-vanity-lights-blink/#comment-3102

It looks like we're one step closer to getting Linux support.

Dell is working on an SMBIOS library for Linux. This library supposedly allows you to
control the LEDs under Linux. Full details are at
http://linux.dell.com/libsmbios/main/index.html

This information was originally found at 
http://litrik.blogspot.com/2007/02/xps-leds-under-linux.html#comment-3337514335210332286
and
http://www.brodwall.com/johannes/blog/2006/02/20/dell-xps-vanity-lights-blink/#comment-3102

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