linux-kernel - Re: [patch] [resend] Fix swsusp with PNP BIOS

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Date:	Tue, 25 Jul 2006 00:56:54 +0200
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
Cc:	Ondrej Zary <linux@...nbow-software.org>,
	Linux List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [patch] [resend] Fix swsusp with PNP BIOS

On Mon 2006-07-24 23:25:50, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Monday 24 July 2006 20:28, Ondrej Zary wrote:
> > Hello,
> > swsusp is unable to suspend my machine (DTK FortisPro TOP-5A notebook) with 
> > kernel 2.6.17.5 because it's unable to suspend PNP device 00:16 (mouse).
> > 
> > The problem is in PNP BIOS. pnp_bus_suspend() calls pnp_stop_dev() for the 
> > device if the device can be disabled according to pnp_can_disable(). The 
> > problem is that pnpbios_disable_resources() returns -EPERM if the device is 
> > not dynamic (!pnpbios_is_dynamic()) but insert_device() happily sets 
> > PNP_DISABLE capability/flag even if the device is not dynamic. So we try to 
> > disable non-dynamic devices which will fail. 
> > This patch prevents insert_device() from setting PNP_DISABLE if the device is 
> > not dynamic and fixes suspend on my system.
> 
> Thanks for the patch.
> 
> Pavel, what do you think?

Knowing nothing about pnpbios it looks okay to me.
								Pavel

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