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diff --git a/Documentation/power/video.txt b/Documentation/power/video.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..3e6272bc4 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/power/video.txt @@ -0,0 +1,185 @@ + + Video issues with S3 resume + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + 2003-2006, Pavel Machek + +During S3 resume, hardware needs to be reinitialized. For most +devices, this is easy, and kernel driver knows how to do +it. Unfortunately there's one exception: video card. Those are usually +initialized by BIOS, and kernel does not have enough information to +boot video card. (Kernel usually does not even contain video card +driver -- vesafb and vgacon are widely used). + +This is not problem for swsusp, because during swsusp resume, BIOS is +run normally so video card is normally initialized. It should not be +problem for S1 standby, because hardware should retain its state over +that. + +We either have to run video BIOS during early resume, or interpret it +using vbetool later, or maybe nothing is necessary on particular +system because video state is preserved. Unfortunately different +methods work on different systems, and no known method suits all of +them. + +Userland application called s2ram has been developed; it contains long +whitelist of systems, and automatically selects working method for a +given system. It can be downloaded from CVS at +www.sf.net/projects/suspend . If you get a system that is not in the +whitelist, please try to find a working solution, and submit whitelist +entry so that work does not need to be repeated. + +Currently, VBE_SAVE method (6 below) works on most +systems. Unfortunately, vbetool only runs after userland is resumed, +so it makes debugging of early resume problems +hard/impossible. Methods that do not rely on userland are preferable. + +Details +~~~~~~~ + +There are a few types of systems where video works after S3 resume: + +(1) systems where video state is preserved over S3. + +(2) systems where it is possible to call the video BIOS during S3 + resume. Unfortunately, it is not correct to call the video BIOS at + that point, but it happens to work on some machines. Use + acpi_sleep=s3_bios. + +(3) systems that initialize video card into vga text mode and where + the BIOS works well enough to be able to set video mode. Use + acpi_sleep=s3_mode on these. + +(4) on some systems s3_bios kicks video into text mode, and + acpi_sleep=s3_bios,s3_mode is needed. + +(5) radeon systems, where X can soft-boot your video card. You'll need + a new enough X, and a plain text console (no vesafb or radeonfb). See + http://www.doesi.gmxhome.de/linux/tm800s3/s3.html for more information. + Alternatively, you should use vbetool (6) instead. + +(6) other radeon systems, where vbetool is enough to bring system back + to life. It needs text console to be working. Do vbetool vbestate + save > /tmp/delme; echo 3 > /proc/acpi/sleep; vbetool post; vbetool + vbestate restore < /tmp/delme; setfont <whatever>, and your video + should work. + +(7) on some systems, it is possible to boot most of kernel, and then + POSTing bios works. Ole Rohne has patch to do just that at + http://dev.gentoo.org/~marineam/patch-radeonfb-2.6.11-rc2-mm2. + +(8) on some systems, you can use the video_post utility and or + do echo 3 > /sys/power/state && /usr/sbin/video_post - which will + initialize the display in console mode. If you are in X, you can switch + to a virtual terminal and back to X using CTRL+ALT+F1 - CTRL+ALT+F7 to get + the display working in graphical mode again. + +Now, if you pass acpi_sleep=something, and it does not work with your +bios, you'll get a hard crash during resume. Be careful. Also it is +safest to do your experiments with plain old VGA console. The vesafb +and radeonfb (etc) drivers have a tendency to crash the machine during +resume. + +You may have a system where none of above works. At that point you +either invent another ugly hack that works, or write proper driver for +your video card (good luck getting docs :-(). Maybe suspending from X +(proper X, knowing your hardware, not XF68_FBcon) might have better +chance of working. + +Table of known working notebooks: + +Model hack (or "how to do it") +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ +Acer Aspire 1406LC ole's late BIOS init (7), turn off DRI +Acer TM 230 s3_bios (2) +Acer TM 242FX vbetool (6) +Acer TM C110 video_post (8) +Acer TM C300 vga=normal (only suspend on console, not in X), vbetool (6) or video_post (8) +Acer TM 4052LCi s3_bios (2) +Acer TM 636Lci s3_bios,s3_mode (4) +Acer TM 650 (Radeon M7) vga=normal plus boot-radeon (5) gets text console back +Acer TM 660 ??? (*) +Acer TM 800 vga=normal, X patches, see webpage (5) or vbetool (6) +Acer TM 803 vga=normal, X patches, see webpage (5) or vbetool (6) +Acer TM 803LCi vga=normal, vbetool (6) +Arima W730a vbetool needed (6) +Asus L2400D s3_mode (3)(***) (S1 also works OK) +Asus L3350M (SiS 740) (6) +Asus L3800C (Radeon M7) s3_bios (2) (S1 also works OK) +Asus M6887Ne vga=normal, s3_bios (2), use radeon driver instead of fglrx in x.org +Athlon64 desktop prototype s3_bios (2) +Compal CL-50 ??? (*) +Compaq Armada E500 - P3-700 none (1) (S1 also works OK) +Compaq Evo N620c vga=normal, s3_bios (2) +Dell 600m, ATI R250 Lf none (1), but needs xorg-x11-6.8.1.902-1 +Dell D600, ATI RV250 vga=normal and X, or try vbestate (6) +Dell D610 vga=normal and X (possibly vbestate (6) too, but not tested) +Dell Inspiron 4000 ??? (*) +Dell Inspiron 500m ??? (*) +Dell Inspiron 510m ??? +Dell Inspiron 5150 vbetool needed (6) +Dell Inspiron 600m ??? (*) +Dell Inspiron 8200 ??? (*) +Dell Inspiron 8500 ??? (*) +Dell Inspiron 8600 ??? (*) +eMachines athlon64 machines vbetool needed (6) (someone please get me model #s) +HP NC6000 s3_bios, may not use radeonfb (2); or vbetool (6) +HP NX7000 ??? (*) +HP Pavilion ZD7000 vbetool post needed, need open-source nv driver for X +HP Omnibook XE3 athlon version none (1) +HP Omnibook XE3GC none (1), video is S3 Savage/IX-MV +HP Omnibook XE3L-GF vbetool (6) +HP Omnibook 5150 none (1), (S1 also works OK) +IBM TP T20, model 2647-44G none (1), video is S3 Inc. 86C270-294 Savage/IX-MV, vesafb gets "interesting" but X work. +IBM TP A31 / Type 2652-M5G s3_mode (3) [works ok with BIOS 1.04 2002-08-23, but not at all with BIOS 1.11 2004-11-05 :-(] +IBM TP R32 / Type 2658-MMG none (1) +IBM TP R40 2722B3G ??? (*) +IBM TP R50p / Type 1832-22U s3_bios (2) +IBM TP R51 none (1) +IBM TP T30 236681A ??? (*) +IBM TP T40 / Type 2373-MU4 none (1) +IBM TP T40p none (1) +IBM TP R40p s3_bios (2) +IBM TP T41p s3_bios (2), switch to X after resume +IBM TP T42 s3_bios (2) +IBM ThinkPad T42p (2373-GTG) s3_bios (2) +IBM TP X20 ??? (*) +IBM TP X30 s3_bios, s3_mode (4) +IBM TP X31 / Type 2672-XXH none (1), use radeontool (http://fdd.com/software/radeon/) to turn off backlight. +IBM TP X32 none (1), but backlight is on and video is trashed after long suspend. s3_bios,s3_mode (4) works too. Perhaps that gets better results? +IBM Thinkpad X40 Type 2371-7JG s3_bios,s3_mode (4) +IBM TP 600e none(1), but a switch to console and back to X is needed +Medion MD4220 ??? (*) +Samsung P35 vbetool needed (6) +Sharp PC-AR10 (ATI rage) none (1), backlight does not switch off +Sony Vaio PCG-C1VRX/K s3_bios (2) +Sony Vaio PCG-F403 ??? (*) +Sony Vaio PCG-GRT995MP none (1), works with 'nv' X driver +Sony Vaio PCG-GR7/K none (1), but needs radeonfb, use radeontool (http://fdd.com/software/radeon/) to turn off backlight. +Sony Vaio PCG-N505SN ??? (*) +Sony Vaio vgn-s260 X or boot-radeon can init it (5) +Sony Vaio vgn-S580BH vga=normal, but suspend from X. Console will be blank unless you return to X. +Sony Vaio vgn-FS115B s3_bios (2),s3_mode (4) +Toshiba Libretto L5 none (1) +Toshiba Libretto 100CT/110CT vbetool (6) +Toshiba Portege 3020CT s3_mode (3) +Toshiba Satellite 4030CDT s3_mode (3) (S1 also works OK) +Toshiba Satellite 4080XCDT s3_mode (3) (S1 also works OK) +Toshiba Satellite 4090XCDT ??? (*) +Toshiba Satellite P10-554 s3_bios,s3_mode (4)(****) +Toshiba M30 (2) xor X with nvidia driver using internal AGP +Uniwill 244IIO ??? (*) + +Known working desktop systems +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Mainboard Graphics card hack (or "how to do it") +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ +Asus A7V8X nVidia RIVA TNT2 model 64 s3_bios,s3_mode (4) + + +(*) from https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HoaryPMResults, not sure + which options to use. If you know, please tell me. + +(***) To be tested with a newer kernel. + +(****) Not with SMP kernel, UP only. |