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hdapsd - Hard Drive Active Protection System Daemon
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This is a disk protection user-space daemon. It monitors the acceleration
values through the various motion interfaces and automatically initiates
disk head parking if a fall or sliding of the laptop is detected.

Currently, the following motion interfaces are supported:
 * HDAPS on IBM/Lenovo ThinkPads
 * AMS on Apple iBooks and PowerBooks (G4)
 * HP3D on Hewlett-Packard laptops
 * APPLESMC on Apple MacBooks and MacBooks Pro (Intel) (UNTESTED!)

1. Compilation
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./configure
make
make install

2. Usage
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hdapsd (it will try to autodetect everything itself)
for more options, please read man hdapsd

3. Compatibility
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Since kernel 2.6.28 you don't need to patch your kernel, as support for
IDLE_IMMEDIATE is present in mainline.
 NOTE: The new interface only allows IDLE_IMMEDIATE for drives that
       announce to be ATA-7 conform. But threre are also drives that
       support ATA-6 only but do IDLE_IMMEDIATE fine. For those you
       need to force the interface with:
       echo -1 > /sys/block/$DISK/device/unload_heads
   OR: Call hdapsd like this: hdapsd -f -d $DISK

For kernels <2.6.28, please have a look at
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/HDAPS#Kernel_patch
and patch your kernel with the appropriate patch before using hdapsd.

4. mainline hdaps module vs tp_smapi (ThinkPad only)
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The mainline hdaps module present in Linux kernels does not support all
hdaps-enabled ThinkPads, thus it is recommended to use the one provided
by tp_smapi.
Additionally the tp_smapi version provides a input interface to the data,
which stops hdapsd from polling the data itself all the time, saving your
battery.