Bug 58681 - [PATCH]Toshiba Accelerometer Patch
Summary: [PATCH]Toshiba Accelerometer Patch
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: Drivers
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Platform_x86 (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: P1 enhancement
Assignee: drivers_platform_x86@kernel-bugs.osdl.org
URL: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+so...
Keywords:
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2013-05-23 06:14 UTC by Benjamin Martinez
Modified: 2013-11-13 20:17 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Kernel Version: 3.x
Subsystem:
Regression: No
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Toshiba HDAPS Support Patch (9.36 KB, patch)
2013-05-23 18:21 UTC, Benjamin Martinez 		Details | Diff
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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.
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