Re: [PATCH] GDT table patch for resume only reboots problem

[Pavel Machek <pavel-+ZI9xUNit7I@public.gmane.org>]

Hi!

> >I'm testing this patch plus the wakeup address one on an EiSystem 3001
> >(some random cheap VIA-based system). Suspend appears to work correctly
> >- if I use Pavel's BEEP code in do_suspend_lowevel I get a tone
> >immediately before the machine shuts down. The sleep light then comes
> >on. Hitting the power button results in the machine rebooting
> >immediately - putting a BEEP at the start of wakeup_start doesn't result
> >in any tone. Are there any further useful details I can send?
> 
> >(This machine is of sufficiently poor quality that its DMI table claims
> >it's a desktop, but it suspends correctly under Windows XP...)
> 
> Beep is not always audible. The timer registers should be initialized to
> get a certain clock and the output of the beep may be controlled via
> buttons,

Right...

> Instead, I test my machine to write a byte value on I/O port 0x3bc. This
> is the parallel port's output register to be latched and observable if you
> have a simple hardware decoder with 7 segment LEDs. <- do it yourself work
> is required. :-)

Is it guaranteed that southbridge is initialized enough for parport to
work? Anyway you can do simpler debugging dongle with 8 leds and 8
resistors, right to the port, no ps/2 power needed (ok, its a hack).

								Pavel
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