Re: S3/S4 doesn't work, no-one cares, it's a mess Re: ACPI S3 wake howto was: RE: [BKPATCH] ACPI for 2.6

[tmc-+XVqjN4+fIJfbCVcMT5z6Ydd74u8MsAO@public.gmane.org (Tomasz Ciolek)]

Is that 2..4 or 2.6 kernel/drivers?

TMC
On Tue, Mar 30, 2004 at 11:51:17PM -0500, Huw Rogers wrote:
> There are 3 competing implementations of S3/S4. None of them work with
> recent AGP ATI Mobility Radeons using ATI's drivers (the most popular
> current video chipset for notebooks / the only driver set that supports
> them properly in X). None of them work with hyperthreaded CPUs or SMP
> (again, hardly exotic). Most USB, Ethernet and other drivers are
> incompatible with S3/S4. The resume code is poorly tested, has race
> conditions, doesn't enable/disable interrupts at the right junctures,
> fails to restore PCI state and does nothing for AGP, USB etc. (left to
> drivers that could care less about suspend/resume).
> 
> I was intent on getting my AGP ATI Radeon/P4 HT/SiS chipset notebook
> working by hacking the code. BUT suspend/resume issues are in ACPI code,
> in power mgmt code, in driver code, in AGP code, in suspend/resume code.
> All owned by different people. Many with competing implementations.
> No-one is a clear leader. The resume itself is near-impossible to debug
> since nothing is alive at that point and the video chipset isn't up.
> 
> Many many people have the problem you describe (lockup on S3 resume,
> need hard power cycle to restart). I have it, and have seen numerous
> other people post on it all with dramatically different hardware. Only
> common factors is that the hardware is recent (i.e. AGP video, typically
> Mobility Radeon), and IT DOESN'T WORK.
> 
> The situation can't be helped by the hacker looking to contribute by
> getting his own gear working (a massive consolidation, refactoring and
> cleanup is required by someone with in-depth knowledge of both ACPI and
> PC hardware). There are also probably deep implications for the Linux
> x86 driver architecture to doing it "properly". Linux vendors put almost
> no effort into supporting laptop hardware despite growing laptop adoption
> in replacement of desktops since their strategy is to get Linux to the
> point that the hardware vendors themselves are compelled to do such work
> like they do for MS Windows. laptop-specific issues such as this receive
> short shrift.
> 
> In short, it's a hopeless mess, no-one who could solve this problem
> really cares about it enough to commission the team required, and it
> requires a huge effort by a couple of gurus with buy-in from Linus & co.
> for the kernel consequences to really fix this.
> 
> Not happening any time soon. Optimize your boot to make it fast instead
> by fooling around with /etc/init.d and company. S3/S4? Bah. -Huw
> 
> > As a user, I'm stuck at first base.  With kernel 2.6.4
> > S3 is supposedly supported.  Entering S3 appears to work.
> > Exiting S3 (waking up?) the LCD screen comes back when a key is
> > depressed, but *nothing* brings my machine back to life.
> > The full few-seconds power-button reboot is all that works.
> > 
> > I admit that there may be a simple one-line web-link answer
> > pointing to some ACPI FAQ or How-to.  If that is the case 
> > just point me there and I'll read that.
> > 
> > Thanks.
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org
> > [mailto:acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org] On Behalf Of Moore, Robert
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 10:58 AM
> > To: Li, Shaohua; Manpreet Singh; Brown, Len; Linus Torvalds
> > Cc: Kernel Mailing List; ACPI Developers; Grover, Andrew
> > Subject: RE: [ACPI] [BKPATCH] ACPI for 2.6
> > 
> > The default behavior of the ACPI CA core subsystem is to leave all "wake"
> > GPEs disabled.  It is the responsibility of the upper OSPM
> > (OS-dependent) software to selectively enable the wake devices via the
> > AcpiEnableGpe external interface.
> > 
> > We could argue about whether the core should enable or disable all wake GPEs
> > by default, but the code to selectively pick wake GPEs is not and cannot be
> > part of the core ACPI CA code.
> > 
> > Bob
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org
> > [mailto:acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org] On Behalf Of Li, Shaohua
> > Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 5:23 PM
> > To: Manpreet Singh; Moore, Robert; Brown, Len; Linus Torvalds
> > Cc: Kernel Mailing List; ACPI Developers
> > Subject: RE: [ACPI] [BKPATCH] ACPI for 2.6
> > 
> > Hi,
> > I think ACPI should provide user interface to enable 'Wake' GPE before
> > entering sleep. User can select which devices can wake up system. We have a
> > track http://bugme.osdl.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1415 for this issue.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > David
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org [mailto:acpi-devel- 
> > > admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org] On Behalf Of Manpreet Singh
> > > Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 8:28 AM
> > > To: Moore, Robert; Brown, Len; Linus Torvalds
> > > Cc: Kernel Mailing List; ACPI Developers
> > > Subject: RE: [ACPI] [BKPATCH] ACPI for 2.6
> > > 
> > > Hi Bob,
> > > 
> > > What I mean is that I see that the system goes into S3 suspend with
> > all
> > > GPEs
> > > being disabled. So the bitvector 'WakeEnable' has a value of 0. Now,
> > on my
> > > I/O controller, PME_EN: which enables PME#s to assert a wake-up event
> > is
> > > also
> > > off which is what I'd like to see enabled for wake on LAN (etherwake)
> > to
> > > work.
> > > 
> > > How is WakeEnable initialized? Does it depend on certain BIOS table 
> > > entries?
> > > 
> > > Forgive my n00b questions if they sound trivial.
> > > 
> > > Thanks,
> > > Manpreet.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Moore, Robert [mailto:robert.moore-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org]
> > > Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 9:33 AM
> > > To: Manpreet Singh; Brown, Len; Linus Torvalds
> > > Cc: Kernel Mailing List; ACPI Developers
> > > Subject: RE: [ACPI] [BKPATCH] ACPI for 2.6
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > What makes you think that *all* GPEs are disabled?
> > > 
> > > Here is the relevant code:
> > > 
> > >         /*
> > >          * 1) Disable all runtime GPEs
> > >          * 2) Enable all wakeup GPEs
> > >          */
> > >         Status = AcpiHwLowLevelWrite (8, GpeRegisterInfo->WakeEnable,
> > >                 &GpeRegisterInfo->EnableAddress);
> > > 
> > > The "WakeEnable" field is setup such that only the WAKE GPEs are 
> > > enabled.
> > > 
> > > Unless you are saying that "WakeEnable" is not initialized correctly.
> > > 
> > > Please clarify.
> > > 
> > > Bob
> > > 
> > > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org
> > > [mailto:acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org] On Behalf Of Manpreet 
> > > Singh
> > > Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2004 1:19 AM
> > > To: Brown, Len; Linus Torvalds
> > > Cc: Kernel Mailing List; ACPI Developers
> > > Subject: RE: [ACPI] [BKPATCH] ACPI for 2.6
> > > 
> > > Hi Len,
> > > 
> > > This patch on 2.6.5-rc2 certainly helps with a "spurious" interrupt 
> > > problem that I was seeing on a 2.6.4 kernel. It seems that we don't 
> > > initialize GPEs unless they are needed for a resume.
> > > 
> > > But, in the function call "acpi_hw_prepare_gpes_for_sleep", it seems 
> > > that currently *all* GPEs get disabled, some of which I would consider 
> > > wake up events, like the PME enable bit that enables an S3 resume 
> > > using a
> > magic
> > > packet. That doesn't allow wake on LAN to work properly. Is there way
> > to
> > > pick/specify the wake up events or does it come from the BIOS tables?
> > > 
> > > Also, if I have the console on a serial port, I don't get the console 
> > > back after an S3 resume.
> > > 
> > > Actually, I am new to the ACPI list. If this is not the right place
> > for
> > > these
> > > queries, please let me know.
> > > 
> > > Thanks,
> > > Manpreet.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org
> > > [mailto:acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org]On Behalf Of Len Brown
> > > Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 4:59 PM
> > > To: Linus Torvalds
> > > Cc: Kernel Mailing List; ACPI Developers
> > > Subject: [ACPI] [BKPATCH] ACPI for 2.6
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Hi Linus, please do a
> > > 
> > > 	bk pull bk://linux-acpi.bkbits.net/linux-acpi-release-2.6.5
> > > 
> > > 	Three significant interrupt fixes.
> > > 
> > > thanks,
> > > -Len
> > > 
> > > ps. a plain patch is also available here:
> > >
> > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/lenb/acpi/patches/release/2
> > > .6.5/
> > > acpi-20040326-2.6.5.diff.gz
> > > 
> > > This will update the following files:
> > > 
> > >  arch/i386/kernel/acpi/boot.c      |   18 +
> > >  drivers/acpi/ec.c                 |    4
> > >  drivers/acpi/events/evgpe.c       |   11 -
> > >  drivers/acpi/events/evgpeblk.c    |  242 ++++++++++++++++++++++----
> > >  drivers/acpi/events/evmisc.c      |   43 ++--
> > >  drivers/acpi/events/evxfevnt.c    |   25 ++
> > >  drivers/acpi/executer/excreate.c  |   16 +
> > >  drivers/acpi/executer/exdump.c    |    1
> > >  drivers/acpi/executer/exresnte.c  |    5
> > >  drivers/acpi/executer/exstoren.c  |    1
> > >  drivers/acpi/hardware/hwgpe.c     |   98 ++++++----
> > >  drivers/acpi/hardware/hwsleep.c   |   22 +-
> > >  drivers/acpi/namespace/nsaccess.c |    9
> > >  drivers/acpi/namespace/nsdump.c   |    1
> > >  drivers/acpi/namespace/nseval.c   |    9
> > >  drivers/acpi/namespace/nssearch.c |    6
> > >  drivers/acpi/namespace/nsutils.c  |    2
> > >  drivers/acpi/namespace/nsxfeval.c |   26 +-
> > >  drivers/acpi/osl.c                |   21 ++
> > >  drivers/acpi/pci_link.c           |   18 +
> > >  drivers/acpi/resources/rsaddr.c   |   13 -
> > >  drivers/acpi/utilities/utglobal.c |   42 ++--
> > >  drivers/acpi/utilities/utmisc.c   |    5
> > >  include/acpi/acconfig.h           |    2
> > >  include/acpi/acglobal.h           |    2
> > >  include/acpi/achware.h            |    4
> > >  include/acpi/aclocal.h            |    7
> > >  include/acpi/actypes.h            |   84 +++++----
> > >  include/acpi/acutils.h            |    1
> > >  29 files changed, 537 insertions(+), 201 deletions(-)
> > > 
> > > through these ChangeSets:
> > > 
> > > <len.brown-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> (04/03/26 1.1608.1.56)
> > >    [ACPI] Linux specific updates from ACPICA 20040326
> > >    "acpi_wake_gpes_always_on" boot flag for old GPE behaviour
> > > 
> > > <len.brown-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> (04/03/26 1.1608.1.55)
> > >    [ACPI] ACPICA 20040326 from Bob Moore
> > > 
> > >    Implemented support for "wake" GPEs via interaction between
> > >    GPEs and the _PRW methods.  Every GPE that is pointed to by
> > >    one or more _PRWs is identified as a WAKE GPE and by default
> > >    will no longer be enabled at runtime.  Previously, we were
> > >    blindly enabling all GPEs with a corresponding _Lxx or _Exx
> > >    method - but most of these turn out to be WAKE GPEs anyway.
> > >    We believe this has been the cause of thousands of
> > >    "spurious" GPEs on some systems.
> > > 
> > >    This new GPE behavior is can be reverted to the original
> > >    behavior (enable ALL GPEs at runtime) via a runtime flag.
> > > 
> > >    Fixed a problem where aliased control methods could not
> > >    access objects properly.  The proper scope within the
> > >    namespace was not initialized (transferred to the target of
> > >    the aliased method) before executing the target method.
> > > 
> > >    Fixed a potential race condition on internal object
> > >    deletion on the return object in AcpiEvaluateObject.
> > > 
> > >    Integrated a fix for resource descriptors where both
> > >    _MEM and _MTP were being extracted instead of just _MEM.
> > >    (i.e. bitmask was incorrectly too wide, 0x0F instead of 0x03.)
> > > 
> > >    Added a special case for ACPI_ROOT_OBJECT in AcpiUtGetNodeName,
> > >    preventing a fault in some cases.
> > > 
> > >    Updated Notify() values for debug statements in evmisc.c
> > > 
> > >    Return proper status from AcpiUtMutexInitialize,
> > >    not just simply AE_OK.
> > > 
> > > <len.brown-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> (04/03/26 1.1608.1.54)
> > >    [ACPI] proposed fix for non-identity-mapped SCI override
> > >    http://bugme.osdl.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2366
> > > 
> > > <len.brown-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> (04/03/25 1.1608.1.53)
> > >    [ACPI] PCI interrupt link routing (Luming Yu)
> > >    use _PRS to determine resource type for _SRS
> > >    fixes HP Proliant servers
> > >    http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1590
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
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