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SubjectRe: [ACPI] Call for help: list of machines with working S3 (fwd)
Hi!

Sorry, I was too fast with my mail client. Please cc: Len in your
replies.


To: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [ACPI] Call for help: list of machines with working S3
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Hi!

> > I'm not sure if you can push the whole industry at once.
>
> The goal is to know what to tell the system vendors
> interested in supporting Linux what they should do
> with their BIOS on future platforms.
>
> I believe our message should be:
> 1. BIOS should save/restore video in S3

Actually, that'd expect too much of BIOS writers. I believe right
solution is "POST video as you do during normal boot in S3 resume".

> 2. Use Intel's ACPICA ASL compiler -- if not for production,
> then at least as a static source code checker for validation.

3. Try to boot linux (here's live cd). If it complains about bios bugs
(dmesg | grep ...), try to see if it is not indeed your bug.
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