From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matthew Garrett Subject: Re: [RFC] Reliable video POSTing on resume Date: Sat, 05 Feb 2005 02:04:49 +0000 Message-ID: <1107569089.8575.35.camel@tyrosine> References: <20050122134205.GA9354@wsc-gmbh.de> <420217DB.709@gmx.net> <4202A972.1070003@gmx.net> <20050203225410.GB1110@elf.ucw.cz> <1107474198.5727.9.camel@desktop.cunninghams> <4202DF7B.2000506@gmx.net> <9e47339105020321031ccaabb@mail.gmail.com> <420367CF.7060206@gmx.net> <20050204163019.GC1290@elf.ucw.cz> <9e4733910502040931955f5a6@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In-Reply-To: <9e4733910502040931955f5a6-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@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: Jon Smirl Cc: Pavel Machek , Carl-Daniel Hailfinger , ncunningham-jjFNsPSvq+iXDw4h08c5KA@public.gmane.org, ACPI List , Linux Kernel Mailing List List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 2005-02-04 at 12:31 -0500, Jon Smirl wrote: > Fixing this at kernel boot (resume) time will let user space apps > assume that all video cards are reset. That removes a lot of > complexity from the user space apps (like X). This can't be the default on x86. I have hardware that will die if you attempt to POST it after the BIOS has started the OS. Non-x86 should be fine, though. -- Matthew Garrett | mjg59-1xO5oi07KQx4cg9Nei1l7Q@public.gmane.org ------------------------------------------------------- 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