[vdr] Systems which work properly with either nvram- or acpi-wakup...

[Laurence Abbott <laz@club-burniston.co.uk>]

Can I get peoples experiences of using both nvram-wakeup and
acpi-wakeup?

After much fiddling about, I have come to the conclusion that
nvram-wakup isn't supported by the MoBo in my vdr box (Aopen AK77 pro),
and I have also come to the conclusion that ACPI is broken on it (it
ignores any ACPI alarms that I set and has taken to powering itself on
about 10 seconds after I shut it down (good job the PSU has a power
switch too!).

With this board, lspci -vv gives me:
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8366/A/7 [Apollo
KT266/A/333]
        Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8366/A/7 [Apollo
KT266/A/333]
        Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop-
ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
        Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort+ >SERR- <PERR-
        Latency: 0
        Region 0: Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable)
        Capabilities: [a0] AGP version 2.0
                Status: RQ=32 Iso- ArqSz=0 Cal=0 SBA+ ITACoh- GART64-
HTrans- 64bit- FW+ AGP3- Rate=x1,x2,x4
                Command: RQ=1 ArqSz=0 Cal=0 SBA- AGP- GART64- 64bit- FW-
Rate=<none>
        Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA
PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
                Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-

0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8366/A/7 [Apollo
KT266/A/333 AGP] (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop-
ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
        Status: Cap+ 66Mhz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort+ >SERR- <PERR-
        Latency: 0
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
        Memory behind bridge: e6000000-e7ffffff
        Prefetchable memory behind bridge: e4000000-e5ffffff
        BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR- NoISA+ VGA+ MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-
        Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2- AuxCurrent=0mA
PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
                Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-


And dmesg | grep -i acpi:

 BIOS-e820: 000000001fff0000 - 000000001fff3000 (ACPI NVS)
 BIOS-e820: 000000001fff3000 - 0000000020000000 (ACPI data)
ACPI: RSDP (v000 AOPEN                                     ) @
0x000f63d0
ACPI: RSDT (v001 AOPEN  AWRDACPI 0x42302e31 AWRD 0x00000000) @
0x1fff3000
ACPI: FADT (v001 AOPEN  AWRDACPI 0x42302e31 AWRD 0x00000000) @
0x1fff3040
ACPI: DSDT (v001 AOPEN  AWRDACPI 0x00001000 MSFT 0x0100000c) @
0x00000000
ACPI: PM-Timer IO Port: 0x4008
ACPI: Subsystem revision 20040326
 tbxface-0117 [03] acpi_load_tables      : ACPI Tables successfully
acquired
ACPI Namespace successfully loaded at root c03d55bc
ACPI: IRQ9 SCI: Level Trigger.
evxfevnt-0093 [04] acpi_enable           : Transition to ACPI mode
successful
ACPI: Interpreter enabled
ACPI: Using PIC for interrupt routing
ACPI: PCI Root Bridge [PCI0] (00:00)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0._PRT]
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] (IRQs 1 3 4 5 6 7 10 *11 12 14 15)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] (IRQs 1 3 4 5 6 7 *10 11 12 14 15)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] (IRQs 1 *3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 14 15)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] (IRQs 1 3 4 5 6 7 10 *11 12 14 15)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] enabled at IRQ 11
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] enabled at IRQ 3
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] enabled at IRQ 10
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] enabled at IRQ 11
PCI: Using ACPI for IRQ routing
ACPI: Power Button (FF) [PWRF]
ACPI: Sleep Button (CM) [SLPB]
ACPI: Fan [FAN] (on)
ACPI: Processor [CPU0] (supports C1 C2, 2 throttling states)
ACPI: Thermal Zone [THRM] (21 C)
ACPI: (supports S0 S1 S4 S5)

acpid works fine: I can prod the power button and it shuts down cleanly
(and the restarts 10 s later!).

What setups have people got acpi-or nvram-wakup working properly, so
that vdr shuts down and starts up when required for a timer?

It's getting to the point where I want to buy a new motherboard but I
want to be sure that it will work with either acpi- or nvram-wakeup!

Cheers,

Laz