Which way to go for hdaps?

[Tim Gardner]

Stefan Bader wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> this is some sort of hard to decide question: for ThinkPads there is a
> driver (hdaps) which reads out the internal acceleration sensor some
> models have built in. This driver exists twice, once in the kernel and
> also in a sourceforge package (tp-smapi).
> The tp-smapi version once was included for edgy and replaced the kernel
> version. But since it did not went (as expected then) upstream it did
> not make it into gutsy or hardy. The big downside of the tp-smapi stuff
> is that (as far as I got the story) the (or one) contributes would not
> reveal his/her identity. So mainline inclusion will not happen soon.
> On the other hand. the mainline driver has less features and supposedly
> more bugs. The tp-smapi package also adds some very useful features to
> query/control the battery.
> The most recent claim from mhg59: all questions as to the provenance of
> the code got answered. (makes me wonder whose right)
> In the end the question is: incorporate the tp-smapi code for hardy
> again or not?
> 
> Stefan
> 

How about a copy of the code so we can look the licensing and provenance?

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Tim Gardner tim.gardner at ubuntu.com