Bug 58681

Summary:	[PATCH]Toshiba Accelerometer Patch
Product:	Drivers	Reporter:	Benjamin Martinez (lord.ltsmash)
Component:	Platform_x86	Assignee:	drivers_platform_x86 (drivers_platform_x86)
Status:	NEW ---
Severity:	enhancement	CC:	alan, isaac, lord.ltsmash, tianyu.lan
Priority:	P1
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/116045
Kernel Version:	3.x	Subsystem:
Regression:	No	Bisected commit-id:
Attachments:	Toshiba HDAPS Support Patch

Description Benjamin Martinez 2013-05-23 06:14:16 UTC

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/116045

Toshiba and most OEMS dont use the same accelerometer as IBM. Here you can find a patch that enables ACPI to detect dangerous movement from the drive and lock it to prevent damage.

The patch and the actual description on how it works can be found here

http://nathanielmnelson.com/node/24

Comment 1 Benjamin Martinez 2013-05-23 18:21:08 UTC

Created attachment 102351 [details]
Toshiba HDAPS Support Patch

Comment 2 Lan Tianyu 2013-05-24 02:36:33 UTC

Hi:
      Since this driver targets to platform/x86 so reassigned to platform/x86 category.