[ltp] Re: How to turn your T42p into a brick with ACPI...

[linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org]

On Sun, 10 Apr 2005, David A. Desrosiers wrote:

>> But as you don't seem to want suspend to disk without supernatural
>> disk write times, I suggest you do as you've been saying, and stick
>> with suspend to ram, and plenteous reboots.
>
> 	No no, you've missed my two choices here. Either I:
>
> 	a. Use acpi, swsusp2, and risk bricking my laptop again,
> 	   forcing a backup battery removal and/or 45-second boot
> 	   times, with STILL no function of my UltraBay or DockII
> 	   peripherals. Since I can't natively change the UltraBay
> 	   runtime, nor access the DockII, I have to cold-boot anyway.
>
> 	Or...
>
> 	b.) Use apm, suspend to RAM, and boot cold to change my
> 	    UltraBay and access DockII peripherals.
>
> 	That's what I'm up against. ACPI _does not_ work with this
> model of T42p that I have (2373-Q1U), or there is something in the
> latest-and-greatest bios or EC revision that ACPI doesn't like. Either
> way, ACPI is a no-op for suspending to ram.
>
> 	If swsusp2 can work _with_ apm, and _without_ ACPI, I'd be
> willing to give it a try.

No it can't, it needs ACPI.  And on the basis that you said a 30-45
second resume time was absolutely unacceptable to you, I suggest you
abandon looking at it anyway.  I'm off to bed :)