Re: [ACPI] s4bios: does anyone use it?

[Pavel Machek]

Hi!

> >Okay, so we had 2 users in past but have 0 users now? :-).
> I wonder how could anyone use S4BIOS in 2.6.11. S4 and S4b all came into
> 'enter_state'. and in acpi_sleep_init:
> 
> 		if (i == ACPI_STATE_S4) {
> 			if (acpi_gbl_FACS->S4bios_f) {
> 				sleep_states[i] = 1;
> 				printk(" S4bios");
> 				acpi_pm_ops.pm_disk_mode =
> PM_DISK_FIRMWARE;
> 			}
> 			if (sleep_states[i])
> 				acpi_pm_ops.pm_disk_mode =
> PM_DISK_PLATFORM;
> 		}
> That means we actually can't set PM_DISK_FIRMWARE (always set
> PM_DISK_PLATFORM). Is this intended? If no, .pm_disk_mode should be a
> mask.

pm_disk_mode is settable using /sys/power/disk, no? Anyway, what about
this, then?

--- clean/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt	2005-01-22 21:24:50.000000000 +0100
+++ linux/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt	2005-03-08 10:18:05.000000000 +0100
@@ -15,3 +15,8 @@
 	against the LSB, and can be replaced by using udev.
 Who:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@xxxxxxxxx>
 
+What:	ACPI S4bios support
+When:	May 2005
+Why:	Noone uses it, and it probably does not work, anyway. swsusp is
+	faster, more reliable, and people are actually using it.
+Who:	Pavel Machek <pavel@xxxxxxx>


								Pavel
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