Re: Samsung P35, S3, black screen (radeon)

Pavel Machek
2005-02-04T16:13:58Z

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?
Pavel
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