[ltp] APS and Linux

Steffen Dreise linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Fri, 11 Nov 2005 11:40:12 +0100


Am Freitag, den 11.11.2005, 11:35 +0100 schrieb Wolfgang Karall:
> On Fri, 2005-11-11 at 11:27 +0100, Steffen Dreise wrote:
> > is APS still working? I was surfing around and fing out that there is a
> > driver for openbsd
> > http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=aps&sektion=4
> > 
> > Is there a driver for lx to?
> 
> Yes, and it's in the vanilla kernels starting from 2.6.14 (rc-versions
> not counting), plus there is some software at http://hdaps.sf.net (also
> available as hdaps-utils in Debian sid). Nothing really useful as in
> automatic harddisk head parking, but I guess that's just a matter of
> time. Still neat to see the Thinkpad being shaken in the 3D
> application. ;)
mh and it works? So if my laptop will fall done from the table the
harddisk will be stopped? Does the sensor stop the hd?

steffen