On Wed 2009-01-21 15:22:20, mohd.adil@xxxxxxx wrote: > Hi > > This is my first post to the list. Hope I will find a > solution. Please avoid using html on the lists. > I am trying to develop a new functionality using a Sun > alonso Quad Core blade (x86_64) architecture. > > The linux distribution which I am using contains a very > old acpi driver (02/09/2005 probably acpi version 1 compliant) > > Further, the BIOS I am using is an AMI BIOS. I am fairly > certain that it is acpi version 3 compliant. Famous last words. > Now, I am facing two problems here. > > 1) I am trying to evaluate some namespace control methods > which are setup in sytem DSDT. > > Functions are : > > [1]\\_SB.PERB (should contain memory location > address) and > > [2]\\_SB.PERL (should contain length) > > This some information passed to us from BIOS which is > required for my development. > > I am using acpi_evaluate_object to evaluate these > functions. I dont see any error in executing the evaluate > > function call. But they evaluate to zero. Hmm, this is hard to debug without seeing the source. > 2) The second task I have is to put the system into S3 > (suspend to ram) state. > > While doing that I am experiencing a problem. Every > time I write > > echo mem > /sys/power/state > > System hangs at METHOD_NAME__PTS method. There is a > related bug in > > new acpi driver related to this function. But since I > am using a very old driver this should not have > happened. Which kernel version? > Just for added information : I dont really care about > resume from the S3 state. I dont have video card. You want to suspend but don't care about resume...?! Pavel -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html _______________________________________________ linux-pm mailing list linux-pm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-pm
