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DateFri, 09 Dec 2005 06:29:08 -0500
FromJeff Garzik <>
SubjectRe: RFC: ACPI/scsi/libata integration and hotswap
Mark Lord wrote:
> Jeff Garzik wrote:
> 
>> Erik Slagter wrote:
>>
>>> 'guess You're not interested in having suspend/resume actually work on
>>> laptops (or other PC's). That's your prerogative but imho it's a bit
>>> narrow-minded to withhold this functionality from other people who
>>> actually would like to have this working, just because you happen to not
>>> like ACPI.
>>
>>
>>
>> It works just fine on laptops, with Jens' suspend/resume patch.
>>
>>     Jeff
> 
> 
> No.  I use it on my two modern laptops with great success,
> but only with *certain* hard disks.  When I replace the ultra modern
> 100GB drive in my machine with a slightly older 30GB drive,
> suspend/resume no longer work.  No other changes.
> 
> Other users have reported similar experiences to me.
> 
> We really REALLY need libata to get fixed for this stuff.

Patches welcome :)  There is a bunch of stuff that needs to be done for 
suspend/resume.  Saving/restoring settings, additional resets and 
probes, etc.

	Jeff


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