linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] HP Mobile data protection system driver with interrupt handling

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Date:	Tue, 7 Nov 2006 08:03:47 +0100
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:	Burman Yan <yan_952@...mail.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] HP Mobile data protection system driver with interrupt handling

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

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