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Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2006 21:15:58 +0200
From: Andreas Steinmetz <ast@domdv.de>
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To: Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org>
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Subject: Re: [2.6.17.8] noapic and /proc/acpi/event
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Len Brown wrote:
> On Thursday 07 September 2006 14:52, Andreas Steinmetz wrote:
> 
>>I do have a problem with a new laptop (Acer Ferrari 4006):
>>
>>It does suspend either to disk or to ram only when I do boot with
>>"noapic". So far, so good.
> 
> 
> Well no, that isn't so good either.  You shouldn't need "noapic"
> for anything, either normal operation or suspend/resume.
> 
> Do ACPI events work properly w/o noapic if you don't suspend/resume?
> 

Yes, they do, that's how I tested.

> You should be able to kill acpid, and cat /proc/acpi/event
> and open/close your lid and watch events appear --
> same for power button.
> You should also be able to see the acpi line in /proc/interrupts
> increment for each of these events.
> 
> 
>>If, however, I do boot with "noapic" no events are delivered to
>>/proc/acpi/event so lid switch and power button can't be used to suspend
>>anymore.
> 
> 
> Does noapic work properly before the suspend?
> (test the same way as w/o noapic above)
> 

No events, no ACPI interrupts.

> 
>>The strange thing is, that at least in /proc/acpi/button/lid/LID/state I
>>can view the lid switch state.
> 
> 
> The problem with your system is that it isn't getting ACPI interrupts.
> The lid state in /proc is immune to that problem because when
> you read that file Linux asks the hardware for its state on demand.
> 

I see.

> cheers,
> -Len
>  


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