From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 9 21:30:39 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 92FE737B401 for ; Sat, 9 Aug 2003 21:30:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from postal2.es.net (postal2.es.net [198.128.3.206]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B887043FBF for ; Sat, 9 Aug 2003 21:30:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from oberman@es.net) Received: from ptavv.es.net ([198.128.4.29]) by postal2.es.net (Postal Node 2) with ESMTP (SSL) id MUA74016; Sat, 09 Aug 2003 21:30:37 -0700 Received: from ptavv (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ptavv.es.net (Tachyon Server) with ESMTP id CAFA75D07; Sat, 9 Aug 2003 21:30:35 -0700 (PDT) To: David Gilbert In-Reply-To: Message from David Gilbert <16181.38818.239464.946522@canoe.velocet.net> Date: Sat, 09 Aug 2003 21:30:35 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" Message-Id: <20030810043035.CAFA75D07@ptavv.es.net> cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ACPI battery state and resume not working on Inspiron 5150 X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2003 04:30:39 -0000 > From: David Gilbert > Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2003 20:53:54 -0400 > > What does a hibernation partition look like? > > My dell has a 31 meg partition that I havn't touched and my FreeBSD > partition. Most laptops have the capability of "sleeping" in two modes. 1. suspend where most of the system is powered off, but the memory is kept on so that the system can pick up right where it left off (except for drivers re-initing hardware) when the system is resumed. 2. Hibernate where the contents of memory and some system registers are written ti a pore-allocated space on disk, usually a dedicated partition. The boot is then tagged that the hibernation partition is active and the systems is power completely off. On powering up, the BIOS will detect that i=the system was in hibernation and reload the memory and registers and resuming where the system left off. Hardware must still be re-initialized and it's up to the drivers to handle this. Suspend is faster, but continues limited battery drain. Hibernation takes a while to stop and start and requires a dedicated partition (slice), but the system is totally off while in hibernation. I don't know if all laptops support both, but every one I have used does. IBM has a stand-alone tool on it's web site that creates a hibernation partition on ThinkPads (which I use). You probably need to check with the manufacturer of your system to see what is available. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634