From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nils Faerber Subject: Re: S4bios on Sony Vaio FX601 Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 11:48:50 +0100 Sender: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Message-ID: <20030113114850.1b1adc03.nils@kernelconcepts.de> References: <20030113101531.GF12516@poup.poupinou.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20030113101531.GF12516-j6u/t2rXLliUoIHC/UFpr9i2O/JbrIOy@public.gmane.org> Errors-To: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: To: Ducrot Bruno Cc: marcogi-VGgt2q2+T+FeoWH0uzbU5w@public.gmane.org, acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 13 Jan 2003 11:15:31 +0100 Ducrot Bruno wrote: > On Mon, Jan 13, 2003 at 10:40:03AM +0100, marcogi-VGgt2q2+T+FeoWH0uzbU5w@public.gmane.org wrote: > > Hi, Hello! > > I have a Sony Vaio PCG-FX601 (FXA53 is the US model) and I wondering > > it it support S4bios. > > If it is supported, I need an A0 suspend partition? > Well, I think that you should have such partition. This one have a > Phoenix bios, no? Try lphdisk at http://www.procyon.com/~pda/lphdisk/ > or do a apt-get install lphdisk if you are on a Debian GNU/Linux. For other BIOS brands like Award there is a DOS utility called "zvhdd.exe" which created such a partition. But also with this one I had no luck on my Award Asus notebook. > > FX601 model has same bios of FX60x, FX70x and perhaps FX80x models, > > is there someone that has such notebooks that made S4bios to work? > > > > I use kernel 2.4.20+APCI 20021205+swsusp16 but resuming after swsusp > > my pc hangs almost the time. Do you have framebuffer console? This was a problem with my notebook and swsusp! Now I have plain VGA textmode and swsusp works again. > > If it can helps, pmtools say: > > > > myhost:/tmp/pmtools-20010730# ./acpidmp/acpidmp > > FACP|./acpidmp/acpitbl ACPI_DISABLE: 0xf1 > > S4BIOS_REQ: 0xf2 > > Should be OK. Err ... mine sais S4BIOS_REQ: 0x00. Does this mean I do not have S4BIOS at all? > > myhost:/tmp/pmtools-20010730# ./acpidmp/acpidmp > > FACS|./acpidmp/acpitbl Signature: FACS > > Length: 64 > > Hardware Signature: 0x00000a59 > > Firmware Waking Vector: 0x00000000 > > Global Lock: 0x00000000 > > Flags: 0x00000000 > > The Flags part say that you can not use S4Bios, certainly because the > BIOS know that you don't have a suspend partition. > > The Flags part have bit 0 set if you can enter S4Bibos. > Cheers, > Ducrot Bruno CU nils faerber -- kernel concepts Tel: +49-271-771091-12 Dreisbachstr. 24 Fax: +49-271-771091-19 D-57250 Netphen D1 : +49-170-2729106 -- ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: FREE SSL Guide from Thawte are you planning your Web Server Security? Click here to get a FREE Thawte SSL guide and find the answers to all your SSL security issues. http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?thaw0026en