feature request: Add support for ThinkPad X230

[nanderer]

Hi,

would it be possible to add support for my ThinkPad X230?

thanks a lot in advance

[evgeni]

Nope.

What feature are you looking for? Battery thresholds?
For the X230 you'd need to use something like acpi_call or maybe even with the in-kernel thinkpad-acpi.

However, please have a look at https://linrunner.de/tlp/faq/battery.html which also points out that you usually don't need to adjust these on modern systems.

[ulisesvina]

Most of the features are already covered by the module thinkpad_acpi. I think what most people (including myself) are looking for is the accelerometer support.

[evgeni]

Why? Do you have non-flash storage?

But either way, we can't support X230, it doesn't have the needed HW.

[ulisesvina]

I'm surprised you answered lmao. I just replied with no hopes anyone would.

Yeah, I have flash storage, but I have the Tablet variant of the X230, and the accelerometer for auto-rotation is a nice feature.

Edit: I know the accelerometer is not meant for that, but rather, HDD protection. But historically many people have used it that way.

[evgeni]

I also used it to play neverball ;-)

To the best of my knowledge those devices should have sensors, but I am not aware of any drivers for them. :(

[ulisesvina]

Yeah, that's a bummer :(