From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Pavel Machek Subject: Re: Call for help: list of machines with working S3 Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 12:02:34 +0100 Message-ID: <20050217110233.GA1353@elf.ucw.cz> References: <20050214211105.GA12808@elf.ucw.cz> <1108621005.2096.412.camel@d845pe> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1108621005.2096.412.camel@d845pe> Sender: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Errors-To: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: Len Brown Cc: ACPI mailing list , Kernel Mailing List , seife-l3A5Bk7waGM@public.gmane.org, rjw-KKrjLPT3xs0@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org Hi! > I think that it is the BIOS' job on S3-suspend > to save the video mode. On S3-resume the BIOS should > re-POST and restore the video mode. Can you find it written down somewhere? It would be certainly easier for me if every BIOS did re-post, but it is not the case on any new BIOS.... > To completely solve the Linux S3 video restore issue, > we need to push the platform and BIOS vendors. > > What am I missing? I think we are missing few lines in docs somewhere saying "video must be re-POSTed during S3 wakeup". And then we miss someone going around vendors with baseball bat, telling them to fix their BIOSes. Pavel -- People were complaining that M$ turns users into beta-testers... ...jr ghea gurz vagb qrirybcref, naq gurl frrz gb yvxr vg gung jnl! ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click