From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nigel Cunningham Subject: Re: Samsung P35, S3, black screen (radeon) Date: Sat, 05 Feb 2005 09:26:21 +1100 Message-ID: <1107555981.4109.3.camel@desktop.cunninghams> References: <20050122134205.GA9354@wsc-gmbh.de> <4201825B.2090703@gmx.net> <420217DB.709@gmx.net> <4202A972.1070003@gmx.net> <20050203225410.GB1110@elf.ucw.cz> <1107474198.5727.9.camel@desktop.cunninghams> <20050204074302.GA1086@elf.ucw.cz> <1107512396.5727.80.camel@desktop.cunninghams> <20050204161358.GA1290@elf.ucw.cz> Reply-To: ncunningham-jjFNsPSvq+iXDw4h08c5KA@public.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In-Reply-To: <20050204161358.GA1290-I/5MKhXcvmPrBKCeMvbIDA@public.gmane.org> Sender: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Errors-To: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: Pavel Machek Cc: Carl-Daniel Hailfinger , ACPI List List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org Hi. On Sat, 2005-02-05 at 03:13, Pavel Machek wrote: > Hi! > > > > > > > Pavel, what do you think? > > > > > > > > > > Well, calling BIOS using vm86 is going to be quite a lot of code. If > > > > > it is self-contained and not too huge, it is probably okay. It should > > > > > help with quite a lot of cards, but who knows... > > > > > > > > > > Yes, it is probably worth trying. > > > > > > > > I'd love to see it too. Pavel, even if you don't want to merge it for a > > > > while, we can always incorporate it in the Suspend2 patches so it gets > > > > some testing. I know I'd try it on my i830 based Omnibook. > > > > > > You mean using suspend2 as test branch for suspend-to-RAM, too? Okay, > > > why not.... It would be nice if suspend-to-RAM stuff was kept on the > > > begining of the series so it does not become dependend on > > > suspend-to-DISK parts.... > > > > Well, we already have support for entering S3 instead of powering down > > (makes for faster resume if the battery doesn't run out)... and I have > > to get Suspend2 interacting with these patches as well. > > Is it like "suspend to disk, but end with suspend-to-RAM, so that if > battery does not run out, you just do resume-from-RAM"? Wow. Nice > trick... > > But it has same video problems as suspend-to-RAM, no? On how many > machines does it work? Yes, the same problems as suspend-to-RAM. I'm not sure how many machines are using it at the moment. I'd love to try it on my laptop; that would be one more, and I'd also try to get STR working on my HT desktop machine (Radeon video) if I had the chance. Oh yeah... and I'm going to have another go at merging. Get the idea I've got a lot I want to do? :> Nigel -- Nigel Cunningham Software Engineer, Canberra, Australia http://www.cyclades.com Ph: +61 (2) 6292 8028 Mob: +61 (417) 100 574 ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl