From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262667AbVFWK2W (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Jun 2005 06:28:22 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261947AbVFWKX7 (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Jun 2005 06:23:59 -0400 Received: from reserv6.univ-lille1.fr ([193.49.225.20]:23787 "EHLO reserv6.univ-lille1.fr") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262667AbVFWKP1 (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Jun 2005 06:15:27 -0400 Message-ID: <42BA89B4.50900@tremplin-utc.net> Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 12:06:44 +0200 From: Eric Piel User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2-3mdk (X11/20050322) X-Accept-Language: fr, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Vojtech Pavlik CC: Alejandro Bonilla , "'Pavel Machek'" , "'Lee Revell'" , "'Yani Ioannou'" , linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [ltp] Re: IBM HDAPS Someone interested? References: <20050622104927.GB2561@openzaurus.ucw.cz> <001201c57729$0a645840$600cc60a@amer.sykes.com> <20050623071345.GA4553@ucw.cz> In-Reply-To: <20050623071345.GA4553@ucw.cz> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-USTL-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-USTL-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-MailScanner-From: eric.piel@tremplin-utc.net Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 06/23/2005 09:13 AM, Vojtech Pavlik wrote/a écrit: > On Wed, Jun 22, 2005 at 06:50:59AM -0600, Alejandro Bonilla wrote: > >>/proc/acpi/ibm/ecdump is really not providing any information about this >>sensor. yesterday, I almost broke the laptop to see if it would generate >>anything, but it really only outputs ACPI events... >> >>I shaked it, moved it 90deg and still no result, threw the lappy from like >>40cm to the bed and nothing was really generated. Unless it is too fast like >>to generate it in the watch or to be seen by human eye. I dunno. >> >>It looks like /ecdump won't do it. > > > But that doesn't mean it's not connected to the embedded controller. It > just means the embedded controller doesn't generate any inertial events > by itself - it may have to be polled with some specific command. > Well, in the changelog of the embedded controller firmware (ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/pc/pccbbs/mobiles/1uhj07us.txt) there is: - (New) Support for IBM Hard Disk Active Protection System. I would conclude that the embedded controller is involved with the HDAPS! Just my two cents. Eric