Added Appstream metadata XML with hardware mapping.

[petterreinholdtsen]

This allow linux distributions collecting such information to propose this package when the relevant hardware is present in a computer, as implemented with the isenkram system.

This is also reported as <URL: https://bugs.debian.org/840560 >.

[evgeni]

Will this make hdapsd automatically installed on all ThinkPads?
I don't think that Thinkpads shipped with rotating disks for the last 10 years, and the ones from the last 5 years probably don't even support rotating disks at all, so it seems wrong to suggest this tool for these?

[petterreinholdtsen]

There is currently nothing automatically installing it, but yes, the
modalias glob will match all Thinkpads. Perhaps you have a more fitting
match expression? 'cat $(find /sys -name modalias)|sort -u' can provide
some ideas.

[petterreinholdtsen]

Is the joystick feature only present on machines with a rotating disk, or is that part useful also on Thinkpads with SSD?

[evgeni]

The joystick feature?
Are you mixing up hdapsd and tp-smapi?

hdapsd (this repo) is only for parking HDDs and not useful on flash-based storage.

tp-smapi exposes a sensor (also) as a joystick so you can play games by moving the laptop, but the interface it's using doesn't exist since SandyBridge models from 2012.

[petterreinholdtsen]

[Evgeni Golov]

This should be `com.github.linux-thinkpad.hdapsd`, right?

It can be anything, as long as it is unique, in reverse DNS notation and matches the file name of the XML file. I do not know what it should be, I just picked a random ID based on the Homepage URL used in the Debian package when I initialy wrote the XML file. Your proposal is just as good as mine. Note, '-' should be avoided, and I tend to replace it with '_' if it is part of a DNS or project name fragment.

Will this make `hdapsd` automatically installed on *all* ThinkPads? I don't think that Thinkpads shipped with rotating disks for the last 10 years, and the ones from the last 5 years probably don't even support rotating disks at all, so it seems wrong to suggest this tool for these?

There is currently nothing automatically installing it, but yes, the modalias glob will match all Thinkpads. Perhaps you have a more fitting match expression? 'cat $(find /sys -name modalias)|sort -u' can provide some ideas.

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-- Happy hacking Petter Reinholdtsen

[petterreinholdtsen]

[Evgeni Golov]

The joystick feature? Are you mixing up hdapsd and tp-smapi?

Yes. Thank you for putting me straight. I had those two mixed in my head. :)

tp-smapi exposes a sensor (also) as a joystick so you can play games by moving the laptop, but the interface it's using doesn't exist since SandyBridge models from 2012.

Right. It know it work on several of my old Thinkpads, but I have not used it in a while. :)

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-- Happy hacking Petter Reinholdtsen

[petterreinholdtsen]

Just in case you want to list more specific thinkpad modalias entries, here is one from X230

dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvrG2ETB7WW(2.77):bd09/24/2019:br2.77:efr1.15:svnLENOVO:pn23252EG:pvrThinkPadX230:rvnLENOVO:rn23252EG:rvrNotDefined:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:skuLENOVO_MT_2325:

I can provide DMI lines for a few more models if there is any interest in going that route.