Re: ACPI S3 and VIA (C3) CPU

[Nicolas Joly <njoly%pasteur.fr@localhost>]

On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 11:05:42PM +0200, Joel CARNAT wrote:
> Le Dim 31 août 2008 22:52, Nicolas Joly a écrit :
> > On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 10:44:29PM +0200, Joel CARNAT wrote:
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> I tried zzz(8) on my VIA machine (VIA Nehemiah) but got the error:
> >> acpi0: entering state 3
> >> acpi0: ACPI S3 not available on this platform
> >> Using "sudo apm -S" just froze the machine.
[...]
> # sysctl hw.acpi
> hw.acpi.root = 1010208
> hw.acpi.supported_states = S0 S1 S4 S5
> 
> Is there some hidden option to enable in the kernel ?

No. AFAIK, it won't work without a BIOS supporting it.

-- 
Nicolas Joly

Biological Software and Databanks.
Institut Pasteur, Paris.