Re: Applications & ACPI eventse

Pavel Machek
2003-10-10T07:12:31Z

Hi!

> > > That's how it's done with the Radeon driver, i.e. 1.9.0 DRM module and
> > > recent DRI snaphosts -- the engine is initialized / POSTed on VT switch.
> > Well, then radeon should "just work".
>
> It actually does, at least for S4 in 2.4 (Nigel's swsusp).

S4 is very different case, since card is already initialized by
BIOS. Don't mix these!

> > Only remaining problem is when you attempt to s3-suspend from console
> > (not from X). But I do not see how thats solved.
>
> That's not a problem for X, since it initializes the adapter on *every* VT
> switch, and for the console, an appropriate driver (i.e. radeonfb or
> something different) should take care of that.

I'm told manufacturer documentation is usually not enough to
completely initialize card; and we do not want x86 emulator inside
kernel, right?
Pavel

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