[ltp] Totally confused.

Uwe Walter linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Mon, 14 Feb 2005 13:52:45 +0100


On Mo, 2005-02-14 at 20:59 +1300, Christopher Sawtell wrote:
> I am totally confused as to the differences between the various 
> states.
> Please could a kind soul tell me where I could find some doco about the 
> differences between the sleeping, suspended, and hibernated states?

http://acpi.sourceforge.net/documentation/processor.html
http://acpi.sourceforge.net/documentation/sleep.html


The pages are a little bit outdated regarding some files and commands,
but AFAIK the facts on S and C states are still valid.


Some more details on C3:
http://acpi.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/WhyMyC3PowerStateIsNotUsed
(long version of unload uhci_hcd module ;-)).



Greetings, UW(e)