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SubjectRe: [PATCH] preserve correct battery state through suspend/resume cycles
Hi!

> > boot -> suspend -> (un)plug battery -> resume
> >
> > The problem arises in both cases - i.e. suspend with battery plugged in,
> > and resume with battery unplugged, or vice versa.
> >
> > After resume, when the battery status has changed (plugged in -> unplegged
> > or unplugged -> plugged in) during the time when the system was sleeping,
> > the /proc/acpi/battery/*/* is wrong (showing the state before suspend, not
> > the current state).
>
> Is this also needed if you use "platform" method? Also with suspend-to-RAM?
>
> > The following patch adds ->resume method to the ACPI battery handler, which
> > has the only aim - to check whether the battery state has changed during sleep,
> > and if so, update the ACPI internal data structures, so that information
> > published through /proc/acpi/battery/*/* is correct even after suspend/resume
> > cycle, during which the battery was removed/inserted.
>
> Although it generally is a good idea to add suspend and resume methods to
> all ACPI drivers, it would be interesting to know if you still need this
> when using the correct method (platform) instead of the incorrect default
> method (shutdown).
>
> echo "platform" > /sys/power/disk
> echo "disk" > /sys/power/state

Maybe we should change the default in 2.6.20 or so?

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