[linux-dvb] Re: acpi sleep mode

[Andreas Rosenberg <sonix2003@ctf-z.de>]

Hi!

>> I think ACPI support for the DVB cards would help much more people.
>> Linux-BIOS will only be useable for a small amount of people. Systems
>> with ACPI are standard for some years (although sometimes buggy, but this
>> will only become better, if people will use it...)

> Neverless it is a very new thing in the linux world as only the 2.6
> kernel has at least the infrastructure in place for this.  I'd expect
> it takes quite some time until that works flawlessly.  I also have a
> bug report on my desk saying bttv doesn't survive S3 and can do next
> to nothing about that right now.  I can't test it.  On my box suspend
> simply doesn't work, even S1 on a idle machine ...

In my first mail about this (about a week ago), I was only asking if one should 
expect it to work. I know it's a brand new feature in the linux world and
that even in the windows world many things don't work like they should, if it
comes to ACPI. Notebooks are doing it a bit better. But with desktop machines
nearly nobody cares if the are ready to use in 10 seconds or in 120 seconds.

But Linux and DVB (and several other multimedia projects) push the point of 
view towards the embedded area. 
Here some other rules apply and many people did not expect Linux to play
such an important rule here. It is the right path and it should be continued!
ACPI will be a new step to be climbed - and another wall held by Windows 
will break. ACPI will offer faster power on and reduced power consumption-
both features highly welcome for HTPCs.

I'm a professional software developer for about 15 years now (although
in a complete different area). And I know from my own experience:
thing stay buggy, if users don't try to use features and report bugs and 
create the demand that it should work. 

I appreciate the good work the Linux/DVB developer community did and 
encourage them to continue - also regarding ACPI ;-)

-- Andreas


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