Re: [2.6.25-rc1 regression] Suspend to RAM (bisected)

Carlos R. Mafra
2008-02-11T06:05:35Z

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Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 03:25:33 -0200
> "Carlos R. Mafra" <crmafra@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> The problem with suspend to RAM is that right after typing (from
>> inside X) 'echo mem > /sys/power/state' the screen becomes black and
>> the laptop freezes. I have to use SysRq+b to reboot.
>>
>> I tried to revert the above commit (bc71bec) on top of 2.6.25-rc1, but
>> the compilation fails. It turns out that I have to revert also
>> 9a0b8415 and 9b12e18c to be able to compile without errors.
>>
>> After reverting the 3 commits mentioned above, the resulting
>> 2.6.25-rc1 kernel can suspend to RAM again (and I must say that it is
>> better that 2.6.24, because now it resumes directly into X and I
>> don't need to use Crtl-Alt-F1 and Alt-F7 to go back to X as I used to
>> do before).
>>
>> The laptop is a Core 2 Duo T7250 2.0 GHz, running Mandriva 2008.0 in
>> 64-bit mode, with the following graphics card:
>> VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960
>> Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 0c) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
>>
>> If there is anything else I can do to help please let me know.
>
>
> this may be a BIOS bug; I'll let Venki dig into this ... but can you send the output of
> the dmidecode program to the list? If we need to start blacklisting bioses that information
> is going to be needed ;(

I am sending the dmidecode output attached (I erased the UUID).

Thanks for the prompt answer!

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# dmidecode 2.9
SMBIOS 2.4 present.
17 structures occupying 710 bytes.
Table at 0x000DC010.

Handle 0x0000, DMI type 0, 24 bytes
BIOS Information
Vendor: Phoenix Technologies LTD
Version: R1120J7
Release Date: 07/04/2007
Address: 0xE6C60
Runtime Size: 103328 bytes
ROM Size: 1024 kB
Characteristics:
PCI is supported
PNP is supported
BIOS is upgradeable
BIOS shadowing is allowed
ESCD support is available
Boot from CD is supported
Selectable boot is supported
EDD is supported
8042 keyboard services are supported (int 9h)
CGA/mono video services are supported (int 10h)
ACPI is supported
USB legacy is supported
AGP is supported
Smart battery is supported
BIOS boot specification is supported
Function key-initiated network boot is supported
Targeted content distribution is supported
BIOS Revision: 12.0
Firmware Revision: 12.0

Handle 0x0001, DMI type 1, 27 bytes
System Information
Manufacturer: Sony Corporation
Product Name: VGN-FZ240E
Version: C60034YU
Serial Number: 28209434-3041267
UUID: xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Wake-up Type: Power Switch
SKU Number: N/A
Family: N/A

Handle 0x0002, DMI type 2, 10 bytes
Base Board Information
Manufacturer: Sony Corporation
Product Name: VAIO
Version: N/A
Serial Number: N/A

Handle 0x0003, DMI type 3, 17 bytes
Chassis Information
Manufacturer: Sony Corporation
Type: Notebook
Lock: Not Present
Version: N/A
Serial Number: N/A
Asset Tag: N/A
Boot-up State: Safe
Power Supply State: Safe
Thermal State: Safe
Security Status: None
OEM Information: 0x00000000

Handle 0x0004, DMI type 4, 35 bytes
Processor Information
Socket Designation: N/A
Type: Central Processor
Family: Other
Manufacturer: GenuineIntel
ID: FD 06 00 00 FF FB EB BF
Version: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T7250 @ 2.00GHz
Voltage: 1.2 V
External Clock: 200 MHz
Max Speed: 2000 MHz
Current Speed: 2000 MHz
Status: Populated, Enabled
Upgrade: None
L1 Cache Handle: 0x0005
L2 Cache Handle: 0x0006
L3 Cache Handle: 0x0007
Serial Number: N/A
Asset Tag: N/A
Part Number: N/A

Handle 0x0005, DMI type 7, 19 bytes
Cache Information
Socket Designation: L1 Cache
Configuration: Enabled, Socketed, Level 1
Operational Mode: Write Back
Location: Internal
Installed Size: 64 KB
Maximum Size: 64 KB
Supported SRAM Types:
Burst
Pipeline Burst
Asynchronous
Installed SRAM Type: Other
Speed: Unknown
Error Correction Type: Single-bit ECC
System Type: Data
Associativity: 8-way Set-associative

Handle 0x0006, DMI type 7, 19 bytes
Cache Information
Socket Designation: L2 Cache
Configuration: Enabled, Socketed, Level 2
Operational Mode: Write Back
Location: Internal
Installed Size: 2048 KB
Maximum Size: 2048 KB
Supported SRAM Types:
Burst
Pipeline Burst
Asynchronous
Installed SRAM Type: Burst
Speed: Unknown
Error Correction Type: Single-bit ECC
System Type: Unified
Associativity: 8-way Set-associative

Handle 0x0007, DMI type 7, 19 bytes
Cache Information
Socket Designation: L3 Cache
Configuration: Disabled, Not Socketed, Level 3
Operational Mode: Unknown
Location: Unknown
Installed Size: 0 KB
Maximum Size: 0 KB
Supported SRAM Types:
Burst
Pipeline Burst
Asynchronous
Installed SRAM Type: Unknown
Speed: Unknown
Error Correction Type: Unknown
System Type: Unknown
Associativity: Unknown

Handle 0x0008, DMI type 11, 5 bytes
OEM Strings
String 1: 0000014327
String 2: FNC-CCIA0gi9EXTB
String 3: 03QJ00000000001D4448CD0160FF
String 4: Reserved
String 5: Reserved

Handle 0x0009, DMI type 16, 15 bytes
Physical Memory Array
Location: System Board Or Motherboard
Use: System Memory
Error Correction Type: None
Maximum Capacity: 2048 GB
Error Information Handle: Not Provided
Number Of Devices: 2

Handle 0x000A, DMI type 17, 21 bytes
Memory Device
Array Handle: 0x0009
Error Information Handle: Not Provided
Total Width: 64 bits
Data Width: 64 bits
Size: 1024 MB
Form Factor: SODIMM
Set: None
Locator: SODIMM1
Bank Locator: Bank 0
Type: DDR2
Type Detail: Unknown

Handle 0x000B, DMI type 17, 21 bytes
Memory Device
Array Handle: 0x0009
Error Information Handle: Not Provided
Total Width: 64 bits
Data Width: 64 bits
Size: 1024 MB
Form Factor: SODIMM
Set: None
Locator: SODIMM2
Bank Locator: Bank 1
Type: DDR2
Type Detail: Unknown

Handle 0x000C, DMI type 19, 15 bytes
Memory Array Mapped Address
Starting Address: 0x00000000000
Ending Address: 0x0007FFFFFFF
Range Size: 2 GB
Physical Array Handle: 0x0009
Partition Width: 0

Handle 0x000D, DMI type 20, 19 bytes
Memory Device Mapped Address
Starting Address: 0x00000000000
Ending Address: 0x0003FFFFFFF
Range Size: 1 GB
Physical Device Handle: 0x000A
Memory Array Mapped Address Handle: 0x000C
Partition Row Position: Unknown
Interleave Position: Unknown
Interleaved Data Depth: Unknown

Handle 0x000E, DMI type 20, 19 bytes
Memory Device Mapped Address
Starting Address: 0x00040000000
Ending Address: 0x0007FFFFFFF
Range Size: 1 GB
Physical Device Handle: 0x000B
Memory Array Mapped Address Handle: 0x000C
Partition Row Position: Unknown
Interleave Position: Unknown
Interleaved Data Depth: Unknown

Handle 0x000F, DMI type 32, 20 bytes
System Boot Information
Status: No errors detected

Handle 0x0010, DMI type 127, 4 bytes
End Of Table