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SubjectRe: swsusp on an AMD x2-64, 2.6.24: regression?
On Fri 2008-02-01 13:16:08, Michael Tokarev wrote:
> Pavel Machek wrote:
> > On Fri 2008-02-01 00:41:06, Michael Tokarev wrote:
> []
> >> With 2.6.24, it tries to suspend, saves pages to disk,
> >> when prints this:
> >>
> >> ..Saving pages... done.
> >> Sl
>
> It's actually "S|", not "Sl".
>
> >> Suspending console(s)
> >> _
> >>
> >> At this point, nothing more happens. It does not
> >> react to keyboard or to any other external events,
>
> ..because the keyboard is USB-connected, and it shuts
> down all USB devices. I'll try with PS/2 keyboard
> (when I'll find one I had somewhere... ;)
>
> []
> > no_console_suspend (sp?), nohz=off, highres=off, and try with minimum
> > config.
>
> no_console_suspend it is. Tried that, the "S|" thing is still
> here, but instead of "Suspending console(s)" it now shows
> progress of suspending other devices. The end result is
> the same - finally it stops and sits here ad infinitum.
>
> nohz and highres are useless now, as I recompiled the kernel
> without support for those, and without CPU_IDLE and other
> fancy stuff, and disabled cpufreq just in case.
>
> What's minimum config? Should I turn off SMP (it's a dual-core
> CPU by the way)? Something else? (I already removed most
> driver modules when when trying suspend - only ones which are
> absolutely necessary are left).

Disabling smp can't hurt, agreed.

> I've read Documentation/power/tricks.txt. From that list,
> I have the following:
>
> o all drivers are unloaded except disk and usb (keyboard)
> o preempt is disabled (was never enabled)
> o APIC IS in use.
> o modules are in use. Is it worth to try module-less?
> o vga text console - not even "vga" per se, - no framebuffers
> and such, not even as modules. No "video mode switching
> support" is enabled.
> o only a few processes left, in like single-user mode.

Try init=/bin/bash, too.

> One other difference between 2.6.23 and 2.6.24 as I see here
> is: 2.6.24 tells me about TSC unstability (when I load cpufreq
> stuff), while 2.6.23 did not. This is about 64bit mode - with
> 32bits, both switches from tsc to hpet, so in this regard,
> 2.6.24 (with 32bits) is not different from 2.6.23 it seems
> (i mean in relation with suspend issues, since 32bits .23
> mentioned tsc instability yet it suspended fine).
>
> So I'm.. stuck. :) Don't know where to go from here.

git bisect is always an option.

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