From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Karol Kozimor Subject: Re: /proc/acpi/alarm not working Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 12:16:05 +0200 Message-ID: <20050617101604.GA22108@hell.org.pl> References: <42A7842C.2060207@colitti.com> <20050609134938.GA4478@openzaurus.ucw.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-2 Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050609134938.GA4478-u08AdweFZfgxtPtxi4kahqVXKuFTiq87@public.gmane.org> 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: Pavel Machek Cc: Lorenzo Colitti , ACPI mailing list List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org Thus wrote Pavel Machek: > > I am trying to use /proc/acpi/alarm to wake my laptop from S3 and go > > into S4 after a fixed amount of time. But I can't get > > /proc/acpi/alarm to work. > That sounds dangerous to me... drive might spin up during bad time when being > transported... Why use S3 if you intend to transport the laptop in the first place? > Why not enter S3 but save image to disk in case battery runs out? I believe Nigel's implementation is capable of doing so. Best regards, -- Karol 'sziwan' Kozimor sziwan-DETuoxkZsSqrDJvtcaxF/A@public.gmane.org ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click