Re: Bitfield usage in FADT table?

[Ducrot Bruno <ducrot-kk6yZipjEM5g9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org>]

On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 07:25:22PM +0100, maximE bizon wrote:
> 
> On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 06:57:30PM +0100, Ducrot Bruno wrote:
> 
> > You also forgot to answer to my second question:
> > 
> > What you want to do, exactly?
> 
> I own a Latitude X200 notebook, with kernel 2.6.0-test9 installed, and
> S3 doesn't work.  It was posted here a few days  ago.  S3 does suspend
> the computer but it is impossible to turn it on again.

S3 seems to be broken in that kernel, anyway.

> I  noticed that  my power  button  is detected  as a  FF because  FADT
> pwr_button flag is not set, though the DSDT defines one.
> 
> I suspected the S3 problem to come from this, so I tried to correct my
> FADT, but I forgot that the bitfield was on u32...

Why not just hacking the source, instead of overwritten the FADT, for
only one flag?

> 
> Now with  the correct fix, I  can see an  acpi event when I  press the
> power button, but the system still won't come up after an S3.
> 
> Any idea ?
> 

perhaps you can try a latest mm serie?

Cheers,

-- 
Ducrot Bruno

--  Which is worse:  ignorance or apathy?
--  Don't know.  Don't care.


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