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=== Status ===
 
=== Status ===
A driver is included in recent Linux kernels and is actively maintained. However, presently the driver only enables reading of the acceleration data; it does ''not'' peform automatic disk head parking. The latter feature is under development.
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A driver is included in recent Linux kernels and is actively maintained. However, presently the driver only enables reading of the acceleration data; it does '''not''' perform automatic disk head parking. The latter feature is under development. But there are already some useful applications for HDAPS, using the {{path|/proc}} interface it provides. See below.
  
But there are already useful applications for HDAPS, like the [[Script for theft alarm using HDAPS]].
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=== Applications ===
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*[[Script for theft alarm using HDAPS]]
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*[http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~ecc/gyro.tar.gz OpenGL gyroscope hack] <tt>keeps your display levelled when tilting the ThinkPad</tt>
  
 
=== Interesting links related to this project ===
 
=== Interesting links related to this project ===

Revision as of 12:50, 14 November 2005

HDAPS - IBM Active Protection System Linux Driver

This is the Linux driver for the IBM Active Protection System.

Features

  • prints accelerometer values
  • uses userspace tool to park HD

Project Homepage / Availability

  • Project Homepage
  • The driver is included in the 2.6-mm series of kernels since August, 26th 2005.
  • The driver is now in the mainline (2.6.14rc1).

Status

A driver is included in recent Linux kernels and is actively maintained. However, presently the driver only enables reading of the acceleration data; it does not perform automatic disk head parking. The latter feature is under development. But there are already some useful applications for HDAPS, using the /proc interface it provides. See below.

Applications

Interesting links related to this project