RE: [PATCH] ACPI: PM: Export the function acpi_sleep_state_supported()

[Dexuan Cui]

> From: linux-hyperv-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> <linux-hyperv-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Russell King
> On Fri, Jun 14, 2019 at 10:19:02PM +0000, Dexuan Cui wrote:
> > It looks ARM does not support the ACPI S4 state, then how do we know
> > if an ARM host supports hibernation or not?
> 
> Don't forget that Linux does not support ACPI on 32-bit ARM, which is
> quite different from the situation on 64-bit ARM.
> 
> arch/arm/kernel/hibernate.c is only for 32-bit ARM, and is written with
> the assumption that there is no interaction required with any firmware
> to save state, and later restore state upon resuming.
> 
> Or am I missing something?

Hi Russell,
Thanks for your reply and please excuse me for my ignorance of ARM. 

So 32-bit ARM Linux can hibernate even if it doesn't support ACPI, but
I guess not all 32-bit ARM machines support hibernation? If my guess
is correct, is there any standard capability bit or something that can be
used to tell if an ARM machine supports hibernation? I'm purely curious. :-)

Do you imply 64-bit ARM Linux supports ACPI and the ACPI S4 state?
If not, how can we tell if a 64-bit ARM machine supports hibernation or not?

Thanks,
-- Dexuan