Re: [PATCH] S4Bios support for 2.4.20 + acpi-20021205

[Marc Giger <gigerstyle-OI3hZJvNYWs@public.gmane.org>]

Hi,

On Fri, 13 Dec 2002 17:36:15 +0100
Ducrot Bruno <ducrot-kk6yZipjEM5g9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org> wrote:

> On Fri, Dec 13, 2002 at 05:14:31PM +0100, Nils Faerber wrote:
> > On Fri, 13 Dec 2002 16:53:09 +0100
> > Ducrot Bruno <ducrot-kk6yZipjEM5g9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > > Patch for 2.4.20 and acpi-20021205 for adding s4bios feature.
> > 
> > Hey, that sounds great!
> > Just a little question: How do I use it :)
> > 
> > Don't think I am stupid...
> > I know that a echo 1 > /proc/acpi/sleep should do the trick, i.e.
> > suspend to disk. But how do I configure that suspend partition? Or where
> 
> Well, I don't know.  Perhaps lphdisk (I don't remember the URI) could
> help.  Some googling permit to get it.  Or (who knows?) even a /dev/hda1
> as a vfat partition can help?
> 
> > does it suspend? I know for Phoenix BIOSes there is a tool on the net to
> > create that partition. I have a Asus L3800C notebook which has AFAIK an
> > AWARD BIOS. And AFAIK there is no tool available from ASUS or AWARD to
> > create such a partition.
> 
> In a really perfect world:
> echo 1 > /proc/acpi/sleep	# for standby
> echo 2 > /proc/acpi/sleep	# for suspend to ram
> echo 3 > /proc/acpi/sleep	# for suspend to ram, but with more power conservative
> echo 4 > /proc/acpi/sleep	# for suspend to disk
> echo 5 > /proc/acpi/sleep	# for shutdown unfriendly the system
> 
> and perhaps
> echo 4b > /proc/acpi/sleep	# for suspend to disk via s4bios
> 
> Actually, since there is no S4 support in 2.4, 4 and 4b is the same here.

Just a question:
I thought S2 and S3 are not supported in 2.4 ? S4 over swsuspend in 2.4 ? or not?
I was never able to suspend a machine with S2 or S3...

greets

Marc


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