[vdr] Re: Systems which work properly with either nvram- oracpi-wakup...

[Antonino Sergi <voyaser@tiscalinet.it>]

You need to know firstly if the bios implements this features, by manual
or entering and looking for; then you have to download nvram-wakeup and
find out if this motherboard is supported or not.

This should be enough to decide to get it or not.

Antonino

On Fri, 2004-09-17 at 10:55, Laurence Abbott wrote:
> 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
> 
> 
-- 
Antonino Sergi <voyaser@tiscalinet.it>