[Bug 1938259] Re: Add ACCEL_LOCATION=base property for Dell clamshell models

[Yao Wei]

** Description changed:

  We are planning to do SRU to systemd in focal, to avoid unwanted screen
  rotations on some Dell laptop models.
  
  [Impact]
  
- This fixes unwanted rotations on certain Dell clamshell laptop models
+  * This fixes unwanted rotations on certain Dell clamshell laptop models
  with accelerometer.
  
  [Test Plan]
  
   * On Dell laptops with model SKU 0A3E or 0E0E, install this package and kernel 5.13, or kernel with this patch backported:
      https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=e26f023e01ef26b4138bc1099af309bdc4523d23
   * Rotate the laptop and the display should not be rotated.
  
  [Where problems could occur]
  
- If anything wrong, this bug might not be fixed, or other tablet or
- 2-in-1 laptops might have fixed display orientation.
+  * This is to add parameters for certain models in hwdb, and does not
+ affect any other part of systemd.
+ 
+  * This fix would only take effect with kernel 5.13 or the above patch
+ backported.
+ 
+ [Other info]
+ 
+  * The patch mentioned above is going to have a separated SRU for linux-
+ oem-5.10 and linux-hwe-5.11

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Title:
  Add ACCEL_LOCATION=base property for Dell clamshell models

Status in systemd package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  We are planning to do SRU to systemd in focal, to avoid unwanted
  screen rotations on some Dell laptop models.

  [Impact]

   * This fixes unwanted rotations on certain Dell clamshell laptop
  models with accelerometer.

  [Test Plan]

   * On Dell laptops with model SKU 0A3E or 0E0E, install this package and kernel 5.13, or kernel with this patch backported:
      https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=e26f023e01ef26b4138bc1099af309bdc4523d23
   * Rotate the laptop and the display should not be rotated.

  [Where problems could occur]

   * This is to add parameters for certain models in hwdb, and does not
  affect any other part of systemd.

   * This fix would only take effect with kernel 5.13 or the above patch
  backported.

  [Other info]

   * The patch mentioned above is going to have a separated SRU for
  linux-oem-5.10 and linux-hwe-5.11

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