Messages in this thread | | | From | Ondrej Zary <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v3] Enable A20 using KBC for some MSI laptops to fix S3 resume | Date | Mon, 5 Nov 2012 21:35:19 +0100 |
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On Friday 26 October 2012 10:56:44 Ondrej Zary wrote: > Some MSI laptop BIOSes are broken - INT 15h code uses port 92h to enable > A20 line but resume code assumes that KBC was used. > The laptop will not resume from S3 otherwise but powers off after a while > and then powers on again stuck with a blank screen. > > Fix it by enabling A20 using KBC. Affected laptop list and DMI data are > from bug reports at Ubuntu Launchpad. > > Also add kernel parameter to easily activate this quirk on any system. > > Only compile tested. The original patch was tested with EX600 and PR200. > > Fixes https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12878
The bug was marked as RESOLVED CODE_FIX but I wonder what happened to this patch. Was it applied? Or is someone working on a better way to fix this problem?
-- Ondrej Zary
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