Re: APM Suspend Problem

From: Misha Nasledov
Date: Thu Nov 27 2003 - 15:25:04 EST


No luck; my ThinkPad still does not go into the proper power-saving mode. The LCD
blanks out and the HD spins down, but it is not a real sleep mode.

On Thu, Nov 27, 2003 at 12:46:06PM +0100, Felipe Alfaro Solana wrote:
> On Thu, 2003-11-27 at 07:20, Misha Nasledov wrote:
> > Since about 2.6.0-test9, my ThinkPad T21 no longer suspends with APM. I had
> > issues with it suspending before, I don't remember exactly what issues, but I
> > know that it definitely worked in -test2. When I hit the key on my laptop to
> > suspend, it will turn off the LCD and the HD will spin down, but the machine
> > will not actually suspend. Here is what is printed out on the console when I
> > hit the suspend key and then when I hit another key to "wake" it up:
>
> Could you please try the attached patch? It allows my system to suspend
> and resume using APM flawlessly.

> --- 1.11/drivers/base/power/resume.c Mon Aug 25 11:08:21 2003
> +++ edited/drivers/base/power/resume.c Fri Oct 10 21:06:07 2003
> @@ -22,8 +22,17 @@
>
> int resume_device(struct device * dev)
> {
> - if (dev->bus && dev->bus->resume)
> - return dev->bus->resume(dev);
> + if (dev->bus && dev->bus->resume) {
> + int retval;
> +
> + /* drop lock so the call can use device_del() to clean up
> + * after unplugged (or otherwise vanished) child devices
> + */
> + up(&dpm_sem);
> + retval = dev->bus->resume(dev);
> + down(&dpm_sem);
> + return retval;
> + }
> return 0;
> }

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Misha Nasledov
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http://nasledov.com/misha/
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