[ltp] Radeon and ACPI S3 on 2373-9FU

[James McKenzie]

Theodore Ts'o wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 21, 2005 at 10:25:33AM +0100, Job de Haas wrote:
> 
>>Hi,
>>
>>Also a report on a working radeon patch:
>>
>>        {
>>                .ident = "IBM ThinkPad T41p (2373-9FU)",
>>                .matches = {
>>                        DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "IBM"),
>>                        DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "23739FU"),
>>                },
>>        },
>>
>>running on 2.6.11-rc2 on a T41p Radeon Mobility 9000 (M9).
> 
> 
> Here's mine, running 2.6.11-rc4 (plus some additional BK patches):
> 
>        {
>                .ident = "IBM ThinkPad T40p (2373-G1U)",
>                .matches = {
>                        DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "IBM"),
>                        DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "2373G1U"),
>                },
>        },
> 
> I'm wondering though if anyone has a IBM system that *doesn't* work.
> Enumerating all possible IBM thinkpads that work seems like it's going
> to be a huge waste of time/effort.  Maybe we should just match all DMI
> products that have a vendor of IBM, or all products whose product name
> has a certain prefix (like 2373).

I have a A22p (2629) series that likes to run with the Radeon driver, 
but I have yet to get an output like what I see above.  If I did, I 
would try to patch the driver to see if the power drain I experience 
when I use Radeon support.
-- 
James McKenzie