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From: Micheal Marineau <marineam@engr.orst.edu>
To: Matthew Garrett <mgarrett@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
Cc: linux-kernel@linux.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][help?] Radeonfb acpi resume
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 06:39:54 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <42D3C82A.3010407@engr.orst.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1DsHSJ-0006kr-00@chiark.greenend.org.uk>

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Matthew Garrett wrote:
> Micheal Marineau <marineam@engr.orst.edu> wrote:
> 
> 
>>+	if (pdev->dev.power.power_state != 4)
>>+	{
>>+		pci_restore_state (pdev);
>>+		acpi_vgapost (pdev->devfn);
>>+	}
> 
> 
> Please *don't* make this unconditional. There's no guarantee that the
> video BIOS is postable after initial system boot. A boot-time parameter
> to enable it seems reasonable, but in general we're likely to stand a
> much better chance getting it working in userspace.

A kernel parameter seems reasonable, I assume that pci_restore_state
shoule remain unconditional right?  Userspace works just fine if
the frame buffer is not used, but it has to be done in kernel when
using a frame buffer.


-- 
Michael Marineau
marineam@engr.orst.edu
Oregon State University

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2005-07-12 13:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-07-10 22:19 [PATCH][help?] Radeonfb acpi resume Micheal Marineau
2005-07-10 22:23 ` Micheal Marineau
2005-07-11 15:11   ` Pavel Machek
2005-07-11 18:50     ` Micheal Marineau
2005-07-11 18:56       ` Pavel Machek
2005-07-12  4:32         ` Micheal Marineau
     [not found] ` <E1DsHSJ-0006kr-00@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
2005-07-12 13:39   ` Micheal Marineau [this message]
2005-07-13  0:32 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2005-07-13  5:31   ` Micheal Marineau

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