From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nigel Cunningham Subject: Re: [PATCH] Framebuffer: 2nd try: client notification mecanism & PM Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2003 09:38:59 +1200 Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <1060292180.3507.27.camel@laptop-linux> References: <1060249101.1077.67.camel@gaston> <20030807100309.GB166@elf.ucw.cz> <1060263168.593.77.camel@gaston> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from smtp2.clear.net.nz ([203.97.37.27]) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 3.31-VA-mm2 #1 (Debian)) id 19ksTt-0005vH-00 for ; Thu, 07 Aug 2003 14:39:33 -0700 Received: from 203-167-145-84.dialup.clear.net.nz (203-167-145-84.dialup.clear.net.nz [203.167.145.84]) by smtp2.clear.net.nz (CLEAR Net Mail) with ESMTP id <0HJ9000QTQTQ9R@smtp2.clear.net.nz> for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 08 Aug 2003 09:39:30 +1200 (NZST) In-reply-to: <1060263168.593.77.camel@gaston> Errors-To: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Benjamin Herrenschmidt Cc: Pavel Machek , James Simmons , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Linux Fbdev development list , Pavel Machek Hi. Would this play well with the suspend process itself displaying output? (Eg progress, errors...). Regards, Nigel On Fri, 2003-08-08 at 01:32, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > On Thu, 2003-08-07 at 12:03, Pavel Machek wrote: > > > I believe solution to this is simple: always switch to kernel-owned > > console during suspend. (swsusp does it, there's patch for S3 to do > > the same). That way, Xfree (or qtopia or whoever) should clean up > > after themselves and leave the console to the kernel. (See > > kernel/power/console.c) > > I admit I quite like this solution. It would also help displaying > something sane (blank, pattern, whatever) on screen during driver > teardown instead of the junk left by X... > > I'll look into including that switch into my pmac code as well > and see if it works properly in all cases (I think so). Also, > recent DRI CVS finally has working suspend/resume (works on > console switch too). > > Ben. > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ -- Nigel Cunningham 495 St Georges Road South, Hastings 4201, New Zealand You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. -- Romans 5:6, NIV. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100003ave/direct;at.aspnet_072303_01/01