From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263387AbTJaQGM (ORCPT ); Fri, 31 Oct 2003 11:06:12 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263388AbTJaQGM (ORCPT ); Fri, 31 Oct 2003 11:06:12 -0500 Received: from panda.sul.com.br ([200.219.150.4]:45064 "EHLO panda.sul.com.br") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263387AbTJaQGK (ORCPT ); Fri, 31 Oct 2003 11:06:10 -0500 Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 14:00:46 -0200 To: Linux Kernel Subject: Re: Post-halloween doc updates. Message-ID: <20031031160046.GA15319@cathedrallabs.org> References: <20031030141519.GA10700@redhat.com> <9cfd6cdla4o.fsf@rogue.ncsl.nist.gov> <20031031152453.F4556@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20031031152453.F4556@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> From: aris@cathedrallabs.org (Aristeu Sergio Rozanski Filho) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > > And APM suspend seems to have broken in -test8. Does it work for > > anyone? > > Doesn't work for me. works for me. it isn't rock solid as in 2.4 but most times it resumes without problems even using dma on ide controller (in 2.4 i should disable dma before suspend and couldn't enable it later). > Now, taking off my "open source co-operative hat" and placing my > "reality" hat on, I'd suggest that anyone who finds that APM doesn't > work to consider it a dead loss - It's an obsolete technology, and > therefore no one is interested in it anymore. I've reported the > problem multiple times here and there's been very little, if any, > reaction, so this seems to back that up. i guess it isn't exactly the problem. maybe there's no _developers_ with time and skills to work on it. i would do it if i have enough skills. when stock 2.6 comes out we'll have a lot of people complaining about APM because there a lot of notebooks out there that still needs it. including mine. -- aris