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Re: ACPI S3 and VIA (C3) CPU



Hi,

Le Dim 31 août 2008 23:27, Nicolas Joly a écrit :
> 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
>>

Linux 2.6.24.5 (also) says:
ACPI: (supports S0 S1 S4 S5)

(Don't know why I keep thinking Linux might work better/different...)

>> Is there some hidden option to enable in the kernel ?
>
> No. AFAIK, it won't work without a BIOS supporting it.
>

Would this only be a BIOS issue ?
I mean, if I can find a BIOS upgrade, it may help ?

Regards,
  Jo




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