===================================================================
@@ -82,6 +82,20 @@ static int acpi_sleep_prepare(u32 acpi_s
static u32 acpi_target_sleep_state = ACPI_STATE_S0;
/*
+ * The ACPI specification wants us to save NVS memory regions during hibernation
+ * and to restore them during the subsequent resume. Windows does that also for
+ * suspend to RAM. However, it is known that this mechanism does not work on
+ * all machines, so we allow the user to disable it with the help of the
+ * 'acpi_sleep=nonvs' kernel command line option.
+ */
+static bool nvs_nosave;
+
+void __init acpi_nvs_nosave(void)
+{
+ nvs_nosave = true;
+}
+
+/*
* ACPI 1.0 wants us to execute _PTS before suspending devices, so we allow the
* user to request that behavior by using the 'acpi_old_suspend_ordering'
* kernel command line option that causes the following variable to be set.
@@ -204,8 +218,7 @@ static int acpi_suspend_begin(suspend_st
u32 acpi_state = acpi_suspend_states[pm_state];
int error = 0;
- error = suspend_nvs_alloc();
-
+ error = nvs_nosave ? 0 : suspend_nvs_alloc();
if (error)
return error;
@@ -389,20 +402,6 @@ static struct dmi_system_id __initdata a
#endif /* CONFIG_SUSPEND */
#ifdef CONFIG_HIBERNATION
-/*
- * The ACPI specification wants us to save NVS memory regions during hibernation
- * and to restore them during the subsequent resume. However, it is not certain
- * if this mechanism is going to work on all machines, so we allow the user to
- * disable this mechanism using the 'acpi_sleep=s4_nonvs' kernel command line
- * option.
- */
-static bool s4_no_nvs;
-
-void __init acpi_s4_no_nvs(void)
-{
- s4_no_nvs = true;
-}
-
static unsigned long s4_hardware_signature;
static struct acpi_table_facs *facs;
static bool nosigcheck;
@@ -416,7 +415,7 @@ static int acpi_hibernation_begin(void)
{
int error;
- error = s4_no_nvs ? 0 : suspend_nvs_alloc();
+ error = nvs_nosave ? 0 : suspend_nvs_alloc();
if (!error) {
acpi_target_sleep_state = ACPI_STATE_S4;
acpi_sleep_tts_switch(acpi_target_sleep_state);
@@ -500,7 +499,7 @@ static int acpi_hibernation_begin_old(vo
error = acpi_sleep_prepare(ACPI_STATE_S4);
if (!error) {
- if (!s4_no_nvs)
+ if (!nvs_nosave)
error = suspend_nvs_alloc();
if (!error)
acpi_target_sleep_state = ACPI_STATE_S4;
===================================================================
@@ -158,8 +158,10 @@ static int __init acpi_sleep_setup(char
if (strncmp(str, "s4_nohwsig", 10) == 0)
acpi_no_s4_hw_signature();
if (strncmp(str, "s4_nonvs", 8) == 0)
- acpi_s4_no_nvs();
+ acpi_nvs_nosave();
#endif
+ if (strncmp(str, "nonvs", 5) == 0)
+ acpi_nvs_nosave();
if (strncmp(str, "old_ordering", 12) == 0)
acpi_old_suspend_ordering();
str = strchr(str, ',');
===================================================================
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ int acpi_resources_are_enforced(void);
#ifdef CONFIG_PM_SLEEP
void __init acpi_no_s4_hw_signature(void);
void __init acpi_old_suspend_ordering(void);
-void __init acpi_s4_no_nvs(void);
+void __init acpi_nvs_nosave(void);
#endif /* CONFIG_PM_SLEEP */
struct acpi_osc_context {
===================================================================
@@ -254,8 +254,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters.
control method, with respect to putting devices into
low power states, to be enforced (the ACPI 2.0 ordering
of _PTS is used by default).
- s4_nonvs prevents the kernel from saving/restoring the
- ACPI NVS memory during hibernation.
+ nonvs prevents the kernel from saving/restoring the
+ ACPI NVS memory during suspend/hibernation and resume.
sci_force_enable causes the kernel to set SCI_EN directly
on resume from S1/S3 (which is against the ACPI spec,
but some broken systems don't work without it).
===================================================================
@@ -647,3 +647,11 @@ Who: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-ber
----------------------------
+What: The acpi_sleep=s4_nonvs command line option
+When: 2.6.37
+Files: arch/x86/kernel/acpi/sleep.c
+Why: superseded by acpi_sleep=nonvs
+Who: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>
+
+----------------------------
+