Re: APM suspend to RAM broken, culprit found

From: Matt Mackall
Date: Fri May 26 2006 - 17:40:38 EST


On Fri, May 26, 2006 at 02:33:53PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> Matt Mackall <mpm@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Bisection reveals that the patch entitled:
> >
> > [PATCH] swsusp: add check for suspension of X-controlled devices
> >
> > breaks resume of ipw2200, synaptics mouse, USB, and probably other
> > useful bits on my Thinkpad R51. Notably, I'm using APM.
> >
>
> Would that be because APM remains in X while suspending, but swsusp flicks
> back to VT mode?

Probably something like that.

I believe the patch description is a bit misleading as well. Obviously
my wireless adapter is not "X-controlled".

> Anyway, I'll queue a revert patch for 2.6.17, thanks.

For the record, I've booted tip patched with this code disabled and
everything's happy again.

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