s2ram (was Re: [2/6] 2.6.21-rc2: known regressions)

[Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz>]

Hi!

> > > Even if one doesn't use the fb console at all, radeonfb apparently 
> > > is still required on some ThinkPad models to work around BIOS bugs:
> > > 
> > > http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Problem_with_high_power_drain_in_ACPI_sleep#Radeon_GPU_not_powered_off
> > 
> > 
> > s2ram should be able to work around this, it has parts from 
> > radeontool. (suspend.sf.net).
> 
> i'm wondering, do you have any idea how Windows handles the 
> suspend/resume quirks problem area? Do they "curse BIOS vendors and 

Windows actually have (kernel) graphics drivers that know how to
resume the video. If you boot save mode, they go w/o graphics drivers,
and have similar problems to us.

> btw., the s2ram database seems quite a bit spotty:
> 
>  $ ./s2ram -n
>  Machine is unknown.
>  This machine can be identified by:
>      sys_vendor   = "System manufacturer"
>      sys_product  = "System Product Name"
>      sys_version  = "System Version"
>      bios_version = "ASUS A8N-E ACPI BIOS Revision 1008"
> 
>  $ ./s2ram -n
>  Machine is unknown.
>  This machine can be identified by:
>     sys_vendor   = "Hewlett-Packard "
>     sys_product  = "compaq nx9030 (PG630ET#ABD)       "
>     sys_version  = "Rev 1           "
>     bios_version = "F.15    "
>  See http://en.opensuse.org/S2ram for details.

Desktops are the problem; but that nx9030 should be reasonably easy to
add.

> even at the link above i didnt find any clear algorithm about how to 
> extend the quirks-list and the white-list - while i expect that most 
> people experience what i did: that s2ram doesnt know their boxes. 
> (otherwise they would not visit that URL at all i suspect)

Did you get options for s2ram that work on your systems? Mail them to
seife@suse.de, and he'll extend the whitelist ;-). In the meantime,
just use -f <whatever>
								Pavel
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