Re: [PATCH 2/2] Fix console handling during suspend/resume

Pavel Machek
2006-06-14T22:12:35Z

Hi!

> > > The debugging patch helped me figure out a number of the problems (and
> > > even more problems that then didn't actually make any difference once I
> > > started getting things working ;)
> > >
> > > And the console fixes is apparently what got things working in SMP mode.
> >
> > It works for some people _without_ that console fix.
>
> Yes. It worked for me in UP and with several drivers removed without the
> console fix. It didn't work for me when I did fancier stuff, netconsole in
> particular ;/

I guess I'd much rather see

if (network_driver_suspended)
drop_message_on_the_floor()

or something like that... This really stops messages too early.

> > Then, you have irq9 problem that breaks second suspend, right? I've
> > seen that before, forced the poor soul to report it into kernel
> > bugzilla, and IIRC ACPI people were already proposing solutions.
>
> Yes, I've got the same irq9 problem, and the broken second resume.

According to

http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6670

this should help:

http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=115005083610700&w=2

> The irq9 one is really irritating (hey, ACPI almost always is). I thought
> it would be something as simple as the wrong polarity or something, but
> nope..

BTW what is wrong with mac mini? I asked original reporter to boot
noacpi and nosmp, and he told me it will not boot in any of those
cases. At that point I basically called that machine terminally
broken. Is it supposed to be PC-compatible?
Pavel
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