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

David Brownell
2006-06-23T16:37:22Z

> > The fact that drivers don't get fixed should be a big hint.

The hint I get is that (a) not many developers know how to fix both
(a1) drivers, and (a2) suspend or resume bugs; and that (b) even those
which can do both suffer because of debuggability issues like $SUBJECT
or, equivalently:

> The main reason is the video problem (chips not coming back on resume
> and needing a POST). This has always been the main issue and that's what
> is causing STR not to work for a lot of people.

Plus, related -- that ACPI is not generally debuggable. I've seen many
systems come back well enough to produce new video output (text console),
but fail almost immediately in what _seems_ to be ACPI codee.

I tend to agree with Ben that the model is not the worst problem here.
Not that it's perfect!

- Dave