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Message-Id: <20080912090520.ac012e55.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 09:05:20 -0700
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To: e1000-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
Cc: bugme-daemon@...zilla.kernel.org, elendil@...net.nl,
netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 11545] New: e1000e: Sometimes causes resume
from suspend to RAM to fail
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On Fri, 12 Sep 2008 02:42:03 -0700 (PDT) bugme-daemon@...zilla.kernel.org wrote:
> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11545
>
> Summary: e1000e: Sometimes causes resume from suspend to RAM to
> fail
> Product: Drivers
> Version: 2.5
> KernelVersion: 2.6.27-rc6
> Platform: All
> OS/Version: Linux
> Tree: Mainline
> Status: NEW
> Severity: normal
> Priority: P1
> Component: Network
> AssignedTo: jgarzik@...ox.com
> ReportedBy: elendil@...net.nl
> CC: rjw@...k.pl
>
>
> Latest working kernel version: Unknown
> Earliest failing kernel version: Unknown; first seen with 2.6.27-rc4
> Distribution: Debian
> Hardware Environment: HP Compaq 2510p laptop
> Software Environment: Debian unstable
>
> Problem Description:
> Most of the time the laptop resumes perfectly from suspend, but sometimes
> (about 1 in 5-10 times) it fails to resume fairly early (with the display still
> off). Only solution at that point is a hard power off.
>
> I've used pm_trace to try to find out the cause of the failure. That gave:
> Magic number: 0:983:221
> hash matches drivers/base/power/main.c:350
> e1000e 0000:00:19.0: hash matches
> rtc_cmos 00:06: setting system clock to 2020-12-11 09:12:26 UTC (1607677946)
>
> So it looks like the e1000e device or driver is the cause.
> (Line 350 in power/main.c has 'TRACE_RESUME(0);'.)
>
> This was with e1000e compiled into the kernel (as I wanted to use netconsole
> for another issue), but I've also seen the failure with e1000e modular.
> I will now make e1000e modular again and unload it before suspending to see if
> that makes resume stable.
>
> Note that the eth0 NIC is unused (no cable connected). I use the wireless NIC
> instead.
>
> Suggestions how to do further tracing or instrumentation would be very welcome.
>
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