FreeBSD 5.3 ACPI and Asus s5200n

[Nate Lawson]

Chris Howells wrote:
> On Sunday 17 October 2004 19:53, Guy Brand wrote:
> 
>>  I did a fresh install of FreeBSD 5.3 beta 7 on an Asus s5200n.
>>  hw.acpi says hw.acpi.supported_sleep_state: S1 S3 S4 S5. Trying
>>  them out, only S5 works properly . S1 freezes when I want to get
>>  the laptop back. S3 suspends the laptop, but when I get it back
>>  using the power button or any key of the keyboard it fails with
> 
> 
> Same problem here (same laptop with same version of FreeBSD) so I'd love a 
> solution since otherwise I am thinking of putting Linux onto it until FreeBSD 
> can do the same :(
> 
> Linux 2.6.9-rc4 seems to work nearly perfectly with S1, S3 and S4 on the same 
> hardware, but I haven't finished testing.

Unfortunately, suspend/resume problems are a low priority for me since:

1. All laptops I can get access to work fine.
2. I'm low on FreeBSD time

Hopefully, another developer will step up to help debug these problems. 
  As you can see from the Linux acpi-devel list, they have S3 problems 
on a lot of systems too and the user participation involves placing a 
infinite loop (hang:  jmp hang) in the sleep/wakeup assembly and keep 
moving it around until you find what makes it hang.

I've got an X fix out there but have gotten no comments on it yet.

-- 
Nate