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SubjectRe: S3 test tool (was : Re: Bizarre oops after suspend to RAM (was: Re: [ACPI] Resume from Suspend to RAM))
Hi!

> If you've looked at this bug you will know that myself at and atleast
> one other person experience a reboot on resume at a specific line in
> the wakeup code:
> http://bugme.osdl.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3586
>
> One note about the code in the bug, my code for detecting PM is
> backwards, so ignore it, what I say in this email is still valid.
>
> Specifically, if I get rid of the pushl;popl then the computer does
> not reboot. See the attached diff. The question is 1) is this
> pushl;popl the final nail in the coffin? 2) Does windows not clear the
> flags completely, but instead sets them to some "special value"?
>
> The reason for (1) is because as I understand it, when a certain
> number of illegal operations (3 iirc) are issued at certain times
> (real mode iirc) the machine automatically reboots. That could be
> what we are seeing here.

You got this wrong. It is three illegal instructions but
*nested*. Like error, error in fault handler, error in doublefault
handler.

Try replacing flags manipulation with any stack manipulation to see
what is wrong.

> Also, what flags are being cleared? What is their meaning? Can you
> or someone on this list point me to the approriate documentation? I'd
> love to look at it and try to understand my hardware better.

Like perhaps processor docs?
Pavel
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