Hi. On Wed, 2008-10-22 at 22:54 +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@xxxxxxx> > > ACPI hibernate: Introduce new kernel parameter acpi_sleep=s4_nonvs > > On some machines it may be necessary to disable the saving/restoring > of the ACPI NVS memory region during hibernation/resume. For this > purpose, introduce new ACPI kernel command line option > acpi_sleep=s4_nonvs. > > Based on a patch by Zhang Rui. > > Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@xxxxxxx> > Cc: Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 5 ++++- > arch/x86/kernel/acpi/sleep.c | 2 ++ > drivers/acpi/sleep/main.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++-- > include/linux/acpi.h | 1 + > 4 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > Index: linux-2.6/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt > =================================================================== > --- linux-2.6.orig/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt > +++ linux-2.6/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt > @@ -149,7 +149,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. > default: 0 > > acpi_sleep= [HW,ACPI] Sleep options > - Format: { s3_bios, s3_mode, s3_beep, s4_nohwsig, old_ordering } > + Format: { s3_bios, s3_mode, s3_beep, s4_nohwsig, > + old_ordering, s4_nonvs } > See Documentation/power/video.txt for s3_bios and s3_mode. > s3_beep is for debugging; it makes the PC's speaker beep > as soon as the kernel's real-mode entry point is called. > @@ -159,6 +160,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. > control method, wrt putting devices into low power > states, to be enforced (the ACPI 2.0 ordering of _PTS is > used by default). > + s4_nonvs prevents the kernel from saving/restoring the > + ACPI NVS memory during hibernation. > > acpi_sci= [HW,ACPI] ACPI System Control Interrupt trigger mode > Format: { level | edge | high | low } > Index: linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/sleep.c > =================================================================== > --- linux-2.6.orig/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/sleep.c > +++ linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/sleep.c > @@ -161,6 +161,8 @@ static int __init acpi_sleep_setup(char > #endif > if (strncmp(str, "old_ordering", 12) == 0) > acpi_old_suspend_ordering(); > + if (strncmp(str, "s4_nonvs", 13) == 0) s/13/8/ > + acpi_s4_no_nvs(); > str = strchr(str, ','); > if (str != NULL) > str += strspn(str, ", \t"); > Index: linux-2.6/drivers/acpi/sleep/main.c > =================================================================== > --- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/acpi/sleep/main.c > +++ linux-2.6/drivers/acpi/sleep/main.c > @@ -59,6 +59,20 @@ void __init acpi_old_suspend_ordering(vo > old_suspend_ordering = true; > } > > +/* > + * The ACPI specification wants us to save NVS memory regions during hibernation > + * and to restore them during the subsequent resume. However, it is not certain > + * if this mechanism is going to work on all machines, so we allow the user to > + * disable this mechanism using the 'acpi_sleep=s4_nonvs' kernel command line > + * option. > + */ > +static bool s4_no_nvs; > + > +void __init acpi_s4_no_nvs(void) > +{ > + s4_no_nvs = true; > +} > + > /** > * acpi_pm_disable_gpes - Disable the GPEs. > */ > @@ -323,7 +337,7 @@ static int acpi_hibernation_begin(void) > { > int error; > > - error = hibernate_nvs_alloc(); > + error = s4_no_nvs ? 0 : hibernate_nvs_alloc(); > if (!error) > acpi_target_sleep_state = ACPI_STATE_S4; > > @@ -411,7 +425,8 @@ static int acpi_hibernation_begin_old(vo > int error = acpi_sleep_prepare(ACPI_STATE_S4); > > if (!error) { > - error = hibernate_nvs_alloc(); > + if (!s4_no_nvs) > + error = hibernate_nvs_alloc(); > if (!error) > acpi_target_sleep_state = ACPI_STATE_S4; > } > Index: linux-2.6/include/linux/acpi.h > =================================================================== > --- linux-2.6.orig/include/linux/acpi.h > +++ linux-2.6/include/linux/acpi.h > @@ -238,6 +238,7 @@ int acpi_check_mem_region(resource_size_ > #ifdef CONFIG_PM_SLEEP > void __init acpi_no_s4_hw_signature(void); > void __init acpi_old_suspend_ordering(void); > +void __init acpi_s4_no_nvs(void); > #endif /* CONFIG_PM_SLEEP */ > #else /* CONFIG_ACPI */ Apart from the above, Acked-by: Nigel Cunningham <nigel@xxxxxxxxxxxx> _______________________________________________ linux-pm mailing list linux-pm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-pm