Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 17 Apr 2003 11:09:26 -0400 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: Subtle semantic issue with sleep callbacks in drivers |
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On Thu, Apr 17, 2003 at 04:09:25PM +0100, John Bradford wrote: > > The video BIOS on a card often contains information that is found > > -nowhere- else. Not in the chip docs. Not in a device driver. > > Such information can and does vary from board-to-board, such as RAM > > timings, while the chip remains unchanged. > > Incidently, what happens if we: > > * Suspend > * Swap VGA card with another one > * Restore
When it breaks, you get to keep both pieces.
That's a "Don't Do That" issue for any hardware between suspend and resume.
Jeff
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