Re: [PATCH] Fix floppy hibernation

[Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>]

On Wed, 3 Jun 2009 08:13:26 +0200 Ondrej Zary <linux@rainbow-software.org> wrote:

> > > +static int floppy_resume(struct platform_device *dev)
> > > +{
> > > +	int fdc;
> > > +
> > > +	for (fdc = 0; fdc < N_FDC; fdc++)
> > > +		if (FDCS->address != -1)
> > > +			user_reset_fdc(-1, FD_RESET_ALWAYS, 0);
> > > +
> > > +	return 0;
> > > +}
> >
> > The patch changes the driver so that it calls user_reset_fdc() for each
> > device at resume-time.
> >
> > Why?  What effect does this have on the hardware and why does it fix
> > things?
> 
> I don't know at all, it's complete guesswork. The first thing I tested was 
> rmmod floppy && modprobe floppy after resume - it worked. Narrowing the 
> initialization code down resulted in this patch.

lol, OK.  I added this to the changelog:

  This fix resets the floppy controller on resume.  It was
  experimentally determined to bring the controller back to life - we
  don't really know why it works.

  floppy_init() does the same thing at boot/modprobe time.

Let's see how it goes...  If someone reports breakage then we can
always change the driver so that activation of your new code requires a
module parameter.