linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] ACPI / button: Clarify initial lid state

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Date:	Fri, 27 May 2016 18:10:40 -0400
From:	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
To:	Lv Zheng <lv.zheng@...el.com>
Cc:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
	Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>, Lv Zheng <zetalog@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] ACPI / button: Clarify initial lid state

On Fri, 27 May 2016 15:15:43 +0800, Lv Zheng said:
> The initial _LID returning value is not reliable after boot/resume because
> the BIOS vendors may implement it by returning a cached value that is only
> updated when a lid notification is received.
> This causes strange things happening after resuming. This patchset fixes
> the issue according to this fact.
>
> Lv Zheng (3):
>   ACPI / button: Remove initial lid state notification
>   ACPI / button: Refactor functions to eliminate redundant code
>   ACPI / button: Send "open" state after boot/resume

If it sends an "open" status, what happens if the machine was in fact
suspended with lid open, but is then resumed in a dock with an external
monitor?

(I'd test it myself, but I don't have suspend/resume configured on my laptop)

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