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, 10 Dec 2012 23:51:40 +0100 |
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On Monday 10 December 2012 22:26:18 H. Peter Anvin wrote: > On 11/05/2012 12:35 PM, Ondrej Zary wrote: > > 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? > > Sorry, I managed to forget about this. > > Is there any way you could test this patch by any chance? > > I would be a lot happier if this works as a general solution rather than > relying on a quirk...
I have a PR200 laptop for a while now so I'll try to test this patch.
-- Ondrej Zary
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