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authorAndres Salomon <dilinger@debian.org>2007-10-18 06:04:50 -0400
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>2007-10-18 17:37:19 -0400
commit8f4ce8c32f2dc2bc2411cafe39976fc5c0adfabf (patch)
tree04f9009812e13f97b3eaae6385a0bb49cc2312b1 /Documentation/power/basic-pm-debugging.txt
parent438e2ce68dfd4af4cfcec2f873564fb921db4bb5 (diff)
serial: turn serial console suspend a boot rather than compile time option
Currently, there's a CONFIG_DISABLE_CONSOLE_SUSPEND that allows one to stop the serial console from being suspended when the rest of the machine goes to sleep. This is incredibly useful for debugging power management-related things; however, having it as a compile-time option has proved to be incredibly inconvenient for us (OLPC). There are plenty of times that we want serial console to not suspend, but for the most part we'd like serial console to be suspended. This drops CONFIG_DISABLE_CONSOLE_SUSPEND, and replaces it with a kernel boot parameter (no_console_suspend). By default, the serial console will be suspended along with the rest of the system; by passing 'no_console_suspend' to the kernel during boot, serial console will remain alive during suspend. For now, this is pretty serial console specific; further fixes could be applied to make this work for things like netconsole. Signed-off-by: Andres Salomon <dilinger@debian.org> Acked-by: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@sisk.pl> Acked-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> Cc: Nigel Cunningham <nigel@suspend2.net> Cc: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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78In case the STD does not work on your system even in the minimal configuration 78In case the STD does not work on your system even in the minimal configuration
79and compiling more drivers as modules is not practical or some modules cannot 79and compiling more drivers as modules is not practical or some modules cannot
80be unloaded, you can use one of the more advanced debugging techniques to find 80be unloaded, you can use one of the more advanced debugging techniques to find
81the problem. First, if there is a serial port in your box, you can set the 81the problem. First, if there is a serial port in your box, you can boot the
82CONFIG_DISABLE_CONSOLE_SUSPEND kernel configuration option and try to log kernel 82kernel with the 'no_console_suspend' parameter and try to log kernel
83messages using the serial console. This may provide you with some information 83messages using the serial console. This may provide you with some information
84about the reasons of the suspend (resume) failure. Alternatively, it may be 84about the reasons of the suspend (resume) failure. Alternatively, it may be
85possible to use a FireWire port for debugging with firescope 85possible to use a FireWire port for debugging with firescope