S1bios

[Luís Miguel Pires Neves <luis.p.neves-/UxMdeFaS/k@public.gmane.org>]

Hi!

This is just a request (desire).

As S1 is not completely working (backlight, disks spinning...), I wonder if 
one couldn't find a temporary solution similar to S4bios for machines that 
have S1 in bios.

I apologise if what I'm saying is stupid as I'm not a developper, just a 
ordinary Linux user who has been following the development of ACPI and swsusp 
in order to have it's Laptop with the usual functionality of laptops..

In my first times with Linux in this machine (COMPAQ Presario 12XL515) I 
used APM with kernel 2.2.17 (Debian Potato's version) and I had "S1" 
behaviour with apm -S. At the time it was the single working function as the 
battery status/information wasn't there, and "S4" seemed also to be absent ( 
I know now that it was there but it needed a proper configured partition). 
However with more recent kernels, both 2.2 and 2.4  (not patched with Debian 
patches) I never had the APM sleeping function working again.

Anyway I started using ACPI for battery information, and Swsusp for 
hibernation purposes, but I still miss the ability of putting the system in a 
soft sleep so that I can move it from one place to another, or have a cup of 
coffee without having to wait still some time for a swsusp suspend/resume 
cycle.

As S4Bios was created to use the ability of the machines who still have some 
APM support to overcome the current limitations and difficulties of swsusp, 
isn't it possible to do the same with S1?

Best regards,

Luís Neves



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