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    SubjectRe: [ACPI] Call for help: list of machines with working S3 (fwd)
    Hi!

    Sorry, I was too fast with my mail client. Please cc: Len in your
    replies.


    To: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
    Subject: Re: [ACPI] Call for help: list of machines with working S3
    X-Warning: Reading this can be dangerous to your mental health.

    Hi!

    > > I'm not sure if you can push the whole industry at once.
    >
    > The goal is to know what to tell the system vendors
    > interested in supporting Linux what they should do
    > with their BIOS on future platforms.
    >
    > I believe our message should be:
    > 1. BIOS should save/restore video in S3

    Actually, that'd expect too much of BIOS writers. I believe right
    solution is "POST video as you do during normal boot in S3 resume".

    > 2. Use Intel's ACPICA ASL compiler -- if not for production,
    > then at least as a static source code checker for validation.

    3. Try to boot linux (here's live cd). If it complains about bios bugs
    (dmesg | grep ...), try to see if it is not indeed your bug.
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