http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8456





------- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED]  2007-05-13 17:32 -------
Hello,

I have found the problematic module that don't allow suspend to ram to work in
the Toshiba U205 S5067 laptop: it is the sata driver. This laptop has as an
Intel ICH7 Family SATA controller that uses the libsata + ata_piix module. 

I had a hint that the SATA module could be the problem after ROSS told us that
the LFDK CD kernel could suspend to RAM. I confirmed this now after recompiling
my distribution kernel (Ubuntu Feisty Fawn, based on kernel 2.6.20) and making
the following changes to the kernel configuration (in menuconfig):

1) Compile the following options as builtin (not as module):

Device Drivers -> ATA/ATAPI/MFM/RLL Support -> Include IDE/ATA-2 DISK support
Device Drivers -> ATA/ATAPI/MFM/RLL Support -> genric IDE chipset support

(This is necessary to allow the laptop to access the HD without the SATA driver.
Note that the HD works without DMA and hence it is very, very slow, so this is
not a real workaround, it is only a way to do the test. Note that with this
driver the hd will appear as /dev/hda (and not as /dev/sda). This may make
necessary some changes in the GRUB boot options. In Ubuntu no changes to grub
are necessary)

2) Turn off (exclude) the ata_piix module:

Device Drivers ->  Serial ATA (prod) and Parallel ATA (experimental) drivers ->
Intel ESB, ICH, PIIX3, PIIX4 PATA/SATA support   

After these changes I have recompiled the kernel and rebooted onto the new
compiled version. 

The laptop is slow due to the DMA-less HD, but I am able to suspend to ram and
come back just in LFDK CD.


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