Re: [stable] Suspend regression in stable kernel 2.6.27.4 on Mac mini Core Duo

From: Rafael J. Wysocki
Date: Tue Nov 11 2008 - 18:59:24 EST


On Wednesday, 12 of November 2008, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Tuesday, 11 of November 2008, Tino Keitel wrote:
> > On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 15:16:08 +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > > This really is not a good news, because this commit evidently fixes at least
> > > several systems.
> > >
> > > First, let's try to remove things that we shouldn't be doing.
> > >
> > > Please apply the patch below to 2.6.27.5 without reverting that commit and see
> > > if that works.
> >
> > It doesn't work. 2.6.27.5 with the patch applied hangs at resume.
>
> Well, this appears to be a broken BIOS thing. Perhaps we'll have to blacklist
> the box or something.
>
> Is there any possibility to get some information about where exactly it hangs?

Also, can you check this patch on top of 2.6.27.4 and see what happens?

Rafael

---
drivers/acpi/pci_link.c | 4 ----
drivers/acpi/sleep/main.c | 3 ++-
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6/drivers/acpi/pci_link.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/acpi/pci_link.c
+++ linux-2.6/drivers/acpi/pci_link.c
@@ -796,10 +796,6 @@ static int irqrouter_resume(struct sys_d
struct list_head *node = NULL;
struct acpi_pci_link *link = NULL;

-
- /* Make sure SCI is enabled again (Apple firmware bug?) */
- acpi_set_register(ACPI_BITREG_SCI_ENABLE, 1);
-
list_for_each(node, &acpi_link.entries) {
link = list_entry(node, struct acpi_pci_link, node);
if (!link) {
Index: linux-2.6/drivers/acpi/sleep/main.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/acpi/sleep/main.c
+++ linux-2.6/drivers/acpi/sleep/main.c
@@ -249,7 +249,8 @@ static int acpi_suspend_enter(suspend_st
}

/* If ACPI is not enabled by the BIOS, we need to enable it here. */
- acpi_enable();
+ acpi_set_register(ACPI_BITREG_SCI_ENABLE, 1);
+ /*acpi_enable();*/
/* Reprogram control registers and execute _BFS */
acpi_leave_sleep_state_prep(acpi_state);

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