[ltp] Re: Hybrid HDD in X200s?

Mircea Gherzan linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Sat, 10 Jan 2009 16:01:54 +0200


Christoph Bier <christoph.bier@web.de> wrote:
> Yes, HDAPS works (it works under Linux, too). What is TAPS?

How can you tell it "works"? I'm not considering only the fact that the
module is loading, but also the ability to command the parking of the
heads. Does the kernel expose unload_heads in sysfs ???

TAPS is the marketing name: ThinkVantage Active Protection System.
http://www.pc.ibm.com/europe/think/en/aps.html?europe&cc=europe

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Mircea Gherzan
Faculty of Automatic Control and Computers
Politehnica University of Bucharest