Video PM Methods

Richard Hughes hughsient at gmail.com
Tue May 16 11:42:29 PDT 2006


On Tue, 2006-05-16 at 18:30 +0100, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> On Tue, May 16, 2006 at 05:54:34PM +0100, Richard Hughes wrote:
> > How do we handle the kernel parameters?
> 
> Recent kernels (2.6.16, I think) allow them to be read and set through 
> /sys.
> 
> > vbetool vbestate save
> 
> This should be done at boot time, not at suspend time - otherwise it 
> tends to cause strange problems with rectangles not being drawn 
> correctly.

What about if we do the save, then do the suspend (a few 100ms later) or
does it really have to be at boot time?

Thanks.

Richard.



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