Re: suspend2 merge (was Re: [Suspend2-devel] Re: CFS and suspend2: hang in atomic copy)

Bill Davidsen
2007-04-26T18:17:29Z

Xavier Bestel wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-04-25 at 18:50 +1000, Nigel Cunningham wrote:
>>> (And guess what, it uses APM and suspend is really faster and way more
>>> reliable than each kernel implementation I could try).
>> If you tried Suspend2 and had problems with reliability, please send me
>> logs. I'll do all I can to help. (I have to qualify it a bit, because
>> I'm not able to fix drivers, but if it's a Suspend2 issue, tell me and
>> I'll fix it).
>
> Does suspend2 work with APM ? After much trying, I think now the ACPI
> implementation of my laptop (a vintage Compaq Armada 1700) is busted,
> only APM works.
>
> AFAIR the problem with suspend2 was that it didn't poweroff some parts
> of the laptop (the led of the wifi pcmcia card was on, and the lcd light
> was on too), but that was last year. Kernel's suspend kind of worked but
> didn't resume (no reaction on button press). As I tried all this last
> year, I may have forgotten some things.
> Honestly, I like this laptop when it works flawlessly, so I don't see
> many reasons to try *susp* again. I'll do it when I'm bored, just not
> today.
>
Actually on some old laptops I just use the apm command, with -s (or -S,
I forget by now), and that works.

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