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Commit 2b872903 authored by Pavel Machek's avatar Pavel Machek Committed by Linus Torvalds
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hp_accel: small documentation updates 



Fix english in Documentation, add "how to test" description.

Signed-off-by: default avatarPavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz>
Cc: Eric Piel <eric.piel@tremplin-utc.net>
Cc: Vladimir Botka <vbotka@suse.cz>
Cc: <Quoc.Pham@hp.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
parent 4b19449d

Documentation/hwmon/lis3lv02d

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Kernel driver lis3lv02d

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Supported chips:



  * STMicroelectronics LIS3LV02DL and LIS3LV02DQ



Author:

Authors:

        Yan Burman <burman.yan@gmail.com>

	Eric Piel <eric.piel@tremplin-utc.net>
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Description 


This driver provides support for the accelerometer found in various HP

laptops sporting the feature officially called "HP Mobile Data

Protection System 3D" or "HP 3D DriveGuard". It detect automatically

Protection System 3D" or "HP 3D DriveGuard". It detects automatically

laptops with this sensor. Known models (for now the HP 2133, nc6420,

nc2510, nc8510, nc84x0, nw9440 and nx9420) will have their axis

automatically oriented on standard way (eg: you can directly play
@@ -59,3 +59,13 @@ email to the authors to add it to the database. When reporting a new 
laptop, please include the output of "dmidecode" plus the value of

/sys/devices/platform/lis3lv02d/position in these four cases.



Q&A

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Q: How do I safely simulate freefall? I have an HP "portable

workstation" which has about 3.5kg and a plastic case, so letting it

fall to the ground is out of question...



A: The sensor is pretty sensitive, so your hands can do it. Lift it

into free space, follow the fall with your hands for like 10

centimeters. That should be enough to trigger the detection.