linux-kernel - Re: [linux-pm] [PATCH -mm] kexec jump -v9

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Message-ID: <20080318235238.GA1779@elf.ucw.cz>
Date:	Wed, 19 Mar 2008 00:52:38 +0100
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Cc:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>, nigel@...el.suspend2.net,
	Kexec Mailing List <kexec@...ts.infradead.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-pm@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [linux-pm] [PATCH -mm] kexec jump -v9

> Does using the S4 state have advantages that I currently do not
> see?

Yes. S5 confuses BIOSes on some machines (HP nx5000), and they report
stale values for AC/battery power (and worse, like thermal management
broken).

But this should not stop kexec/kjump.
									Pavel

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