Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 28 Nov 2008 11:44:59 +0100 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: HP accelerometer: free fall detection working, testers wanted |
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Hi!
> > I got free fall detection to work -- apparently BIOS does all the > > important stuff itself. > > > > Now... I'd like some testers. (Don't comment on code... yet. Yes, it > > has some issues). > > > Hi Pavel, > I'll try to test this weekend. > > Out of curiosity, what did you change compared to the original version > of the driver? Did you just disable the set up code?
Disable all the writes, yes.
> Also, how do you try free fall? Did you try also with the lid > opened?
With the lid opened, too, yes. I just took the machine, then tried to let go and catch it meter below that. (Of course I did not really let go, but released the grip and followed...)
> > hp3dg script should do all the important things. > : > > --- /dev/null > > +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/hp3dg > : > > +while true; do > > + ./readaccel foo > > + unload 2 > > + if cat /proc/acpi/button/lid/LID/state | grep open && cat /proc/acpi/ac_adapter/AC0/state | grep off-line; then > > + unload 20 > > + fi > > +done > Why a special case if the lid is opened and the laptop unplugged? Is it > a special behaviour of the hardware, or simply some kind of basic user > behaviour guess?
Behaviour guess, HP asked for those values. Idea is that if the user is walking with machine, park as much as possible because machine is in danger :-). Pavel -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html
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