Re: [PATCH 3/5] libata: Implement disk shock protection support

[Eric Piel]

Theodore Tso schreef:
> The real right answer though is to buy one of the laptop drives (such
> as the Seagate Momentus 7200.2 or 7200.3) which has the anti-shock
> detection built directly into the hard drive.  That way you don't have
> to have a daemon that sits in the OS waking up the CPU some 20 to 30
> times a second and burning up your battery even when the laptop is
> idle.
Well, it's not always _that_ bad. For instance, the accelerometer in the 
HP laptops (lis3lv02dl) can monitor free-falls by itself. When the 
laptop starts falling, it generates one interrupt.

Eric
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