Re: [PATCH] HP Mobile data protection system driver with interrupt handling

From: Pavel Machek
Date: Tue Nov 07 2006 - 02:04:20 EST


Hi!

> The driver supports:
> 1) interface similar to hdaps that allows running hdapsd with trivial
> modifiations
> 2) input class device that allows playing games such as neverball by using
> the laptop as a joystick
...
> 4) A misc device /dev/acel similar in interface to /dev/rtc that reacts on
> interrupts from the accelerometer allowing userspace to catch such events
> and react accordingly - park the HD heads, or perhaps print "Your laptop is
> falling. Are you sure you want to catch it?" The daemon for that
> i trivial.

Ahh, so 2 different interfaces (/sys + input) for hdaps was not
enough, now we have 3rd one :-(. Can't we somehow improve one of them
(input?) so that we can remove the remaining two?
Pavel

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