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author | Anton Altaparmakov <aia21@cantab.net> | 2006-03-23 17:06:08 +0000 |
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committer | Anton Altaparmakov <aia21@cantab.net> | 2006-03-23 17:06:08 +0000 |
commit | 92fe7b9ea8ef101bff3c75ade89b93b5f62a7955 (patch) | |
tree | 3dba4faa78f1bbe4be503275173e3a63b5d60f22 /Documentation/power/video.txt | |
parent | e750d1c7cc314b9ba1934b0b474b7d39f906f865 (diff) | |
parent | b0e6e962992b76580f4900b166a337bad7c1e81b (diff) |
Merge branch 'master' of /usr/src/ntfs-2.6/
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diff --git a/Documentation/power/video.txt b/Documentation/power/video.txt index 912bed87c75..d18a57d1a53 100644 --- a/Documentation/power/video.txt +++ b/Documentation/power/video.txt @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Video issues with S3 resume ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - 2003-2005, Pavel Machek + 2003-2006, Pavel Machek During S3 resume, hardware needs to be reinitialized. For most devices, this is easy, and kernel driver knows how to do @@ -15,6 +15,27 @@ run normally so video card is normally initialized. It should not be problem for S1 standby, because hardware should retain its state over that. +We either have to run video BIOS during early resume, or interpret it +using vbetool later, or maybe nothing is neccessary on particular +system because video state is preserved. Unfortunately different +methods work on different systems, and no known method suits all of +them. + +Userland application called s2ram has been developed; it contains long +whitelist of systems, and automatically selects working method for a +given system. It can be downloaded from CVS at +www.sf.net/projects/suspend . If you get a system that is not in the +whitelist, please try to find a working solution, and submit whitelist +entry so that work does not need to be repeated. + +Currently, VBE_SAVE method (6 below) works on most +systems. Unfortunately, vbetool only runs after userland is resumed, +so it makes debugging of early resume problems +hard/impossible. Methods that do not rely on userland are preferable. + +Details +~~~~~~~ + There are a few types of systems where video works after S3 resume: (1) systems where video state is preserved over S3. @@ -104,6 +125,7 @@ HP NX7000 ??? (*) HP Pavilion ZD7000 vbetool post needed, need open-source nv driver for X HP Omnibook XE3 athlon version none (1) HP Omnibook XE3GC none (1), video is S3 Savage/IX-MV +HP Omnibook 5150 none (1), (S1 also works OK) IBM TP T20, model 2647-44G none (1), video is S3 Inc. 86C270-294 Savage/IX-MV, vesafb gets "interesting" but X work. IBM TP A31 / Type 2652-M5G s3_mode (3) [works ok with BIOS 1.04 2002-08-23, but not at all with BIOS 1.11 2004-11-05 :-(] IBM TP R32 / Type 2658-MMG none (1) @@ -120,18 +142,24 @@ IBM ThinkPad T42p (2373-GTG) s3_bios (2) IBM TP X20 ??? (*) IBM TP X30 s3_bios (2) IBM TP X31 / Type 2672-XXH none (1), use radeontool (http://fdd.com/software/radeon/) to turn off backlight. -IBM TP X32 none (1), but backlight is on and video is trashed after long suspend +IBM TP X32 none (1), but backlight is on and video is trashed after long suspend. s3_bios,s3_mode (4) works too. Perhaps that gets better results? IBM Thinkpad X40 Type 2371-7JG s3_bios,s3_mode (4) +IBM TP 600e none(1), but a switch to console and back to X is needed Medion MD4220 ??? (*) Samsung P35 vbetool needed (6) -Sharp PC-AR10 (ATI rage) none (1) +Sharp PC-AR10 (ATI rage) none (1), backlight does not switch off Sony Vaio PCG-C1VRX/K s3_bios (2) Sony Vaio PCG-F403 ??? (*) +Sony Vaio PCG-GRT995MP none (1), works with 'nv' X driver +Sony Vaio PCG-GR7/K none (1), but needs radeonfb, use radeontool (http://fdd.com/software/radeon/) to turn off backlight. Sony Vaio PCG-N505SN ??? (*) Sony Vaio vgn-s260 X or boot-radeon can init it (5) +Sony Vaio vgn-S580BH vga=normal, but suspend from X. Console will be blank unless you return to X. +Sony Vaio vgn-FS115B s3_bios (2),s3_mode (4) Toshiba Libretto L5 none (1) -Toshiba Satellite 4030CDT s3_mode (3) -Toshiba Satellite 4080XCDT s3_mode (3) +Toshiba Portege 3020CT s3_mode (3) +Toshiba Satellite 4030CDT s3_mode (3) (S1 also works OK) +Toshiba Satellite 4080XCDT s3_mode (3) (S1 also works OK) Toshiba Satellite 4090XCDT ??? (*) Toshiba Satellite P10-554 s3_bios,s3_mode (4)(****) Toshiba M30 (2) xor X with nvidia driver using internal AGP @@ -151,39 +179,3 @@ Asus A7V8X nVidia RIVA TNT2 model 64 s3_bios,s3_mode (4) (***) To be tested with a newer kernel. (****) Not with SMP kernel, UP only. - -VBEtool details -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -(with thanks to Carl-Daniel Hailfinger) - -First, boot into X and run the following script ONCE: -#!/bin/bash -statedir=/root/s3/state -mkdir -p $statedir -chvt 2 -sleep 1 -vbetool vbestate save >$statedir/vbe - - -To suspend and resume properly, call the following script as root: -#!/bin/bash -statedir=/root/s3/state -curcons=`fgconsole` -fuser /dev/tty$curcons 2>/dev/null|xargs ps -o comm= -p|grep -q X && chvt 2 -cat /dev/vcsa >$statedir/vcsa -sync -echo 3 >/proc/acpi/sleep -sync -vbetool post -vbetool vbestate restore <$statedir/vbe -cat $statedir/vcsa >/dev/vcsa -rckbd restart -chvt $[curcons%6+1] -chvt $curcons - - -Unless you change your graphics card or other hardware configuration, -the state once saved will be OK for every resume afterwards. -NOTE: The "rckbd restart" command may be different for your -distribution. Simply replace it with the command you would use to -set the fonts on screen. |