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[U-Boot,v2,22/22] x86: Document ACPI S3 support

Message ID 1492784689-15701-23-git-send-email-bmeng.cn@gmail.com
State Accepted
Commit 13c9d8482528b466a8c7b42be8baa33bafb08b0b
Delegated to: Bin Meng
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Bin Meng April 21, 2017, 2:24 p.m. UTC 
Now that we have ACPI S3 support on Intel MinnowMax board, document
some generic information of S3 and how to test it.

Signed-off-by: Bin Meng <bmeng.cn@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

---

Changes in v2:
- add some notes about testing S3 resume on Windows
- rebase on u-boot/master

 doc/README.x86 | 24 ++++++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

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Bin Meng April 26, 2017, 7:35 a.m. UTC | #1 
On Fri, Apr 21, 2017 at 10:24 PM, Bin Meng <bmeng.cn@gmail.com> wrote:
> Now that we have ACPI S3 support on Intel MinnowMax board, document
> some generic information of S3 and how to test it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Bin Meng <bmeng.cn@gmail.com>
> Reviewed-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
>
> ---
>
> Changes in v2:
> - add some notes about testing S3 resume on Windows
> - rebase on u-boot/master
>
>  doc/README.x86 | 24 ++++++++++++++++++------
>  1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>

applied to u-boot-x86/next, thanks!
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diff --git a/doc/README.x86 b/doc/README.x86
index a38cc1b..c69dc1c 100644
--- a/doc/README.x86
+++ b/doc/README.x86
@@ -1014,12 +1014,12 @@  compile ACPI DSDT table written in ASL format to AML format. You can get
 the compiler via "apt-get install iasl" if you are on Ubuntu or download
 the source from [17] to compile one by yourself.
 
-Current ACPI support in U-Boot is not complete. More features will be added
-in the future. The status as of today is:
+Current ACPI support in U-Boot is basically complete. More optional features
+can be added in the future. The status as of today is:
 
  * Support generating RSDT, XSDT, FACS, FADT, MADT, MCFG tables.
  * Support one static DSDT table only, compiled by Intel ACPI compiler.
- * Support S0/S5, reboot and shutdown from OS.
+ * Support S0/S3/S4/S5, reboot and shutdown from OS.
  * Support booting a pre-installed Ubuntu distribution via 'zboot' command.
  * Support installing and booting Ubuntu 14.04 (or above) from U-Boot with
    the help of SeaBIOS using legacy interface (non-UEFI mode).
@@ -1027,9 +1027,6 @@  in the future. The status as of today is:
    of SeaBIOS using legacy interface (non-UEFI mode).
  * Support ACPI interrupts with SCI only.
 
-Features not supported so far (to make it a complete ACPI solution):
- * S3 (Suspend to RAM), S4 (Suspend to Disk).
-
 Features that are optional:
  * Dynamic AML bytecodes insertion at run-time. We may need this to support
    SSDT table generation and DSDT fix up.
@@ -1046,6 +1043,21 @@  command from the OS.
 For other platform boards, ACPI support status can be checked by examining their
 board defconfig files to see if CONFIG_GENERATE_ACPI_TABLE is set to y.
 
+The S3 sleeping state is a low wake latency sleeping state defined by ACPI
+spec where all system context is lost except system memory. To test S3 resume
+with a Linux kernel, simply run "echo mem > /sys/power/state" and kernel will
+put the board to S3 state where the power is off. So when the power button is
+pressed again, U-Boot runs as it does in cold boot and detects the sleeping
+state via ACPI register to see if it is S3, if yes it means we are waking up.
+U-Boot is responsible for restoring the machine state as it is before sleep.
+When everything is done, U-Boot finds out the wakeup vector provided by OSes
+and jump there. To determine whether ACPI S3 resume is supported, check to
+see if CONFIG_HAVE_ACPI_RESUME is set for that specific board.
+
+Note for testing S3 resume with Windows, correct graphics driver must be
+installed for your platform, otherwise you won't find "Sleep" option in
+the "Power" submenu from the Windows start menu.
+
 EFI Support
 -----------
 U-Boot supports booting as a 32-bit or 64-bit EFI payload, e.g. with UEFI.