Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261882AbVBJXDw (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 Feb 2005 18:03:52 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261889AbVBJXDw (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 Feb 2005 18:03:52 -0500 Received: from [212.29.226.3] ([212.29.226.3]:5588 "HELO arava.co.il") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S261882AbVBJXDv (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 Feb 2005 18:03:51 -0500 Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 01:03:47 +0200 (IST) From: Matan Ziv-Av X-X-Sender: matan@matan.home To: Bill Davidsen cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: [RFC] Reliable video POSTing on resume (was: Re: [ACPI] Samsung P35, S3, black screen (radeon)) In-Reply-To: <420BB267.8060108@tmr.com> Message-ID: References: <20050205093550.GC1158@elf.ucw.cz> <1107695583.14847.167.camel@localhost.localdomain> <420BB267.8060108@tmr.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 929 Lines: 23 On Thu, 10 Feb 2005, Bill Davidsen wrote: >> Some systems (intel notably) appear to expect you to use the bios >> save/restore video state not re-POST. > > Isn't that what it's there for? In any context other than save/restore I > wouldn't think using the BIOS was a good approach. But this is a special > case, and if there's a BIOS function which does the right thing, it would > seem to be easier to assume that the BIOS works than that the driver can do > every operation for a clean restart. Maybe with new cards it is different but a few years ago, most cards that I tested had problems with those functions. -- Matan Ziv-Av. matan@svgalib.org - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/