[gentoo-user] ACPI for non-portables (i686/AMD) - gentoo-user

From:	Meino Christian Cramer <Meino.Cramer@×××.de>
To:	gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject:	[gentoo-user] ACPI for non-portables (i686/AMD)
Date:	Mon, 02 Oct 2006 14:03:40
Message-Id:	`20061002.155727.41189770.Meino.Cramer@gmx.de`

1

Hi,

2

3

 For rendering purposes I often start my PC, start the rendering job

4

 and go to work. 

5

 For power saving puproses I would like, that my PC "recognizes" its 

6

 idle state and go down "as far as possible".

7

8

 I heard of ACPI and suspend-to-RAM.

9

 I dont lik eto experiment a lot and finally find out, that it was

10

 impossible due to the start conditions and I should have known

11

 better.

12

13

 So I would like to know, what preconditions must be fullfilled to get

14

 that working.

15

16

 My system is an up-to-date Gentoo Linux system.

17

 cpuinfo says:

18

   processor       : 0/1                   <<- changed by me to minimize text 

19

   vendor_id       : AuthenticAMD

20

   cpu family      : 15

21

   model           : 43

22

   model name      : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+

23

   stepping        : 1

24

   cpu MHz         : 2002.659

25

   cache size      : 512 KB

26

   physical id     : 0

27

   siblings        : 2

28

   core id         : 0

29

   cpu cores       : 2

30

   fdiv_bug        : no

31

   hlt_bug         : no

32

   f00f_bug        : no

33

   coma_bug        : no

34

   fpu             : yes

35

   fpu_exception   : yes

36

   cpuid level     : 1

37

   wp              : yes

38

   flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt lm 3dnowext 3dnow pni lahf_lm cmp_legacy ts fid vid ttp

39

   bogomips        : 4010.54

40

41

 lspci says:

42

   00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8T800Pro Host Bridge

43

   00:00.1 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8T800Pro Host Bridge

44

   00:00.2 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8T800Pro Host Bridge

45

   00:00.3 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8T800Pro Host Bridge

46

   00:00.4 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8T800Pro Host Bridge

47

   00:00.7 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8T800Pro Host Bridge

48

   00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 PCI bridge [K8T800/K8T890 South]

49

   00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8001 Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 13)

50

   00:0b.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Video Capture (rev 11)

51

   00:0b.1 Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Audio Capture (rev 11)

52

   00:0c.0 Multimedia controller: Sigma Designs, Inc. REALmagic Hollywood Plus DVD Decoder (rev 02)

53

   00:0d.0 SCSI storage controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic 53c875 (rev 03)

54

   00:0f.0 RAID bus controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA VT6420 SATA RAID Controller (rev 80)

55

   00:0f.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)

56

   00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81)

57

   00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81)

58

   00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81)

59

   00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81)

60

   00:10.4 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 86)

61

   00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 ISA bridge [KT600/K8T800/K8T890 South]

62

   00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 60)

63

   00:11.6 Communication controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 80)

64

   00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration

65

   00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map

66

   00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller

67

   00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control

68

   01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon RV200 QW [Radeon 7500]

69

70

 I have attached one SATA-disk to my system with about 1GB swap.

71

 Finally there are 1GB Dual-Channel RAM inside.

72

73

 My monitor understands DPMS.

74

 My bios has APM and ACPI switches.

75

 My bootlog says beside other things about ACPI:

76

77

   ACPI: Core revision 20060707

78

   tbxface-0107 [01] load_tables           : ACPI Tables successfully acquired

79

   Parsing all Control Methods:

80

   Table [DSDT](id 0005) - 537 Objects with 50 Devices 140 Methods 25 Regions

81

   ACPI Namespace successfully loaded at root c0507030

82

83

 Do I have a chance to successfully enable ACPI and supsend-to-RAM

84

 without hurting my hardware?

85

86

 Where can I get good informations about successfully activating ACPI

87

 on my PC?

88

89

 Thank you very much for any link/hint/help in advance ! :O)

90

91

 Keep hacking!

92

mcc

93

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1	Hi,
2
3	For rendering purposes I often start my PC, start the rendering job
4	and go to work.
5	For power saving puproses I would like, that my PC "recognizes" its
6	idle state and go down "as far as possible".
7
8	I heard of ACPI and suspend-to-RAM.
9	I dont lik eto experiment a lot and finally find out, that it was
10	impossible due to the start conditions and I should have known
11	better.
12
13	So I would like to know, what preconditions must be fullfilled to get
14	that working.
15
16	My system is an up-to-date Gentoo Linux system.
17	cpuinfo says:
18	processor : 0/1 <<- changed by me to minimize text
19	vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
20	cpu family : 15
21	model : 43
22	model name : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+
23	stepping : 1
24	cpu MHz : 2002.659
25	cache size : 512 KB
26	physical id : 0
27	siblings : 2
28	core id : 0
29	cpu cores : 2
30	fdiv_bug : no
31	hlt_bug : no
32	f00f_bug : no
33	coma_bug : no
34	fpu : yes
35	fpu_exception : yes
36	cpuid level : 1
37	wp : yes
38	flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt lm 3dnowext 3dnow pni lahf_lm cmp_legacy ts fid vid ttp
39	bogomips : 4010.54
40
41	lspci says:
42	00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8T800Pro Host Bridge
43	00:00.1 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8T800Pro Host Bridge
44	00:00.2 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8T800Pro Host Bridge
45	00:00.3 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8T800Pro Host Bridge
46	00:00.4 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8T800Pro Host Bridge
47	00:00.7 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8T800Pro Host Bridge
48	00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 PCI bridge [K8T800/K8T890 South]
49	00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8001 Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 13)
50	00:0b.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Video Capture (rev 11)
51	00:0b.1 Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Audio Capture (rev 11)
52	00:0c.0 Multimedia controller: Sigma Designs, Inc. REALmagic Hollywood Plus DVD Decoder (rev 02)
53	00:0d.0 SCSI storage controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic 53c875 (rev 03)
54	00:0f.0 RAID bus controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA VT6420 SATA RAID Controller (rev 80)
55	00:0f.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
56	00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81)
57	00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81)
58	00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81)
59	00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81)
60	00:10.4 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 86)
61	00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 ISA bridge [KT600/K8T800/K8T890 South]
62	00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 60)
63	00:11.6 Communication controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 80)
64	00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
65	00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
66	00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
67	00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
68	01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon RV200 QW [Radeon 7500]
69
70	I have attached one SATA-disk to my system with about 1GB swap.
71	Finally there are 1GB Dual-Channel RAM inside.
72
73	My monitor understands DPMS.
74	My bios has APM and ACPI switches.
75	My bootlog says beside other things about ACPI:
76
77	ACPI: Core revision 20060707
78	tbxface-0107 [01] load_tables : ACPI Tables successfully acquired
79	Parsing all Control Methods:
80	Table [DSDT](id 0005) - 537 Objects with 50 Devices 140 Methods 25 Regions
81	ACPI Namespace successfully loaded at root c0507030
82
83	Do I have a chance to successfully enable ACPI and supsend-to-RAM
84	without hurting my hardware?
85
86	Where can I get good informations about successfully activating ACPI
87	on my PC?
88
89	Thank you very much for any link/hint/help in advance ! :O)
90
91	Keep hacking!
92	mcc
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