From: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>, "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@sisk.pl>,
kernel list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: [patch] suspend: update documentation
Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2006 12:37:08 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060205113708.GA2965@elf.ucw.cz> (raw)
This updates documentation for swsusp / suspend-to-RAM. Parts by Rafael.
Signed-off-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz>
diff --git a/Documentation/power/swsusp.txt b/Documentation/power/swsusp.txt
index b28b7f0..96bbe61 100644
--- a/Documentation/power/swsusp.txt
+++ b/Documentation/power/swsusp.txt
@@ -27,19 +27,18 @@ echo shutdown > /sys/power/disk; echo di
echo platform > /sys/power/disk; echo disk > /sys/power/state
+. If you have SATA disks, you'll need recent kernels with SATA suspend
+support. For suspend and resume to work, make sure your disk drivers
+are built into kernel -- not modules. [There's way to make
+suspend/resume with modular disk drivers, see FAQ, but you probably
+should not do that.]
+
If you want to limit the suspend image size to N bytes, do
echo N > /sys/power/image_size
before suspend (it is limited to 500 MB by default).
-Encrypted suspend image:
-------------------------
-If you want to store your suspend image encrypted with a temporary
-key to prevent data gathering after resume you must compile
-crypto and the aes algorithm into the kernel - modules won't work
-as they cannot be loaded at resume time.
-
Article about goals and implementation of Software Suspend for Linux
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -333,4 +332,19 @@ init=/bin/bash, then swapon and starting
usually does the trick. Then it is good idea to try with latest
vanilla kernel.
+Q: How can distributions ship a swsusp-supporting kernel with modular
+disk drivers (especially SATA)?
+
+A: Well, it can be done, load the drivers, then do echo into
+/sys/power/disk/resume file from initrd. Be sure not to mount
+anything, not even read-only mount, or you are going to lose your
+data.
+
+Q: How do I make suspend more verbose?
+
+A: If you want to see any non-error kernel messages on the virtual
+terminal the kernel switches to during suspend, you have to set the
+kernel console loglevel to at least 4 (KERN_WARNING), for example by
+doing
+ echo 4 > /proc/sys/kernel/printk
diff --git a/Documentation/power/video.txt b/Documentation/power/video.txt
index 912bed8..0cd8822 100644
--- a/Documentation/power/video.txt
+++ b/Documentation/power/video.txt
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ HP NX7000 ??? (*)
HP Pavilion ZD7000 vbetool post needed, need open-source nv driver for X
HP Omnibook XE3 athlon version none (1)
HP Omnibook XE3GC none (1), video is S3 Savage/IX-MV
+HP Omnibook 5150 none (1), (S1 also works OK)
IBM TP T20, model 2647-44G none (1), video is S3 Inc. 86C270-294 Savage/IX-MV, vesafb gets "interesting" but X work.
IBM TP A31 / Type 2652-M5G s3_mode (3) [works ok with BIOS 1.04 2002-08-23, but not at all with BIOS 1.11 2004-11-05 :-(]
IBM TP R32 / Type 2658-MMG none (1)
@@ -120,18 +121,24 @@ IBM ThinkPad T42p (2373-GTG) s3_bios (2)
IBM TP X20 ??? (*)
IBM TP X30 s3_bios (2)
IBM TP X31 / Type 2672-XXH none (1), use radeontool (http://fdd.com/software/radeon/) to turn off backlight.
-IBM TP X32 none (1), but backlight is on and video is trashed after long suspend
+IBM TP X32 none (1), but backlight is on and video is trashed after long suspend. s3_bios,s3_mode (4) works too. Perhaps that gets better results?
IBM Thinkpad X40 Type 2371-7JG s3_bios,s3_mode (4)
+IBM TP 600e none(1), but a switch to console and back to X is needed
Medion MD4220 ??? (*)
Samsung P35 vbetool needed (6)
-Sharp PC-AR10 (ATI rage) none (1)
+Sharp PC-AR10 (ATI rage) none (1), backlight does not switch off
Sony Vaio PCG-C1VRX/K s3_bios (2)
Sony Vaio PCG-F403 ??? (*)
+Sony Vaio PCG-GRT995MP none (1), works with 'nv' X driver
+Sony Vaio PCG-GR7/K none (1), but needs radeonfb, use radeontool (http://fdd.com/software/radeon/) to turn off backlight.
Sony Vaio PCG-N505SN ??? (*)
Sony Vaio vgn-s260 X or boot-radeon can init it (5)
+Sony Vaio vgn-S580BH vga=normal, but suspend from X. Console will be blank unless you return to X.
+Sony Vaio vgn-FS115B s3_bios (2),s3_mode (4)
Toshiba Libretto L5 none (1)
-Toshiba Satellite 4030CDT s3_mode (3)
-Toshiba Satellite 4080XCDT s3_mode (3)
+Toshiba Portege 3020CT s3_mode (3)
+Toshiba Satellite 4030CDT s3_mode (3) (S1 also works OK)
+Toshiba Satellite 4080XCDT s3_mode (3) (S1 also works OK)
Toshiba Satellite 4090XCDT ??? (*)
Toshiba Satellite P10-554 s3_bios,s3_mode (4)(****)
Toshiba M30 (2) xor X with nvidia driver using internal AGP
@@ -156,6 +163,9 @@ VBEtool details
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(with thanks to Carl-Daniel Hailfinger)
+This is not a generic solution. For some machines, you'll have better
+luck with setting parameters on kernel command line.
+
First, boot into X and run the following script ONCE:
#!/bin/bash
statedir=/root/s3/state
--
Thanks, Sharp!
next reply other threads:[~2006-02-05 11:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-02-05 11:37 Pavel Machek [this message]
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2006-01-06 11:09 [patch] suspend: update documentation Pavel Machek
2006-01-06 16:46 ` Randy.Dunlap
2006-01-06 16:51 ` Pavel Machek
2006-01-06 20:53 ` Randy.Dunlap
2005-07-12 9:05 Pavel Machek
2005-07-12 17:24 ` randy_dunlap
2005-07-12 21:48 ` Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-12 22:51 ` Pavel Machek
2005-07-12 23:23 ` Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-12 22:48 ` Pavel Machek
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