Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753377AbWKGHD5 (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Nov 2006 02:03:57 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753393AbWKGHD5 (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Nov 2006 02:03:57 -0500 Received: from gprs189-60.eurotel.cz ([160.218.189.60]:30686 "EHLO amd.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753377AbWKGHD4 (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Nov 2006 02:03:56 -0500 Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2006 08:03:47 +0100 From: Pavel Machek To: Burman Yan Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] HP Mobile data protection system driver with interrupt handling Message-ID: <20061107070347.GA21655@elf.ucw.cz> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Warning: Reading this can be dangerous to your mental health. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11+cvs20060126 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1121 Lines: 27 Hi! > The driver supports: > 1) interface similar to hdaps that allows running hdapsd with trivial > modifiations > 2) input class device that allows playing games such as neverball by using > the laptop as a joystick ... > 4) A misc device /dev/acel similar in interface to /dev/rtc that reacts on > interrupts from the accelerometer allowing userspace to catch such events > and react accordingly - park the HD heads, or perhaps print "Your laptop is > falling. Are you sure you want to catch it?" The daemon for that > i trivial. Ahh, so 2 different interfaces (/sys + input) for hdaps was not enough, now we have 3rd one :-(. Can't we somehow improve one of them (input?) so that we can remove the remaining two? Pavel -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/