elephant:/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.9# grep ALLOW_INTS .config
CONFIG_APM_ALLOW_INTS=y
Further suggestions are welcome, though, because it's a royal PITA.
-Michael Robinson
On Tue, Nov 06, 2001 at 09:33:48AM +0000, Vivek wrote:
> On Mon, 5 Nov 2001, Michael Robinson wrote:
>
> > My Dell i5000e is a *most times* 2.4.9 APM deal too. Most of the time it
> > doesn't lock up suspending, and most of the time it doesn't lock up
> > resuming. I've figured out that any sort of interrupts during key
> > phases of the suspend/resume cycle are bad news. So it's basically sync,
> > suspend, cross fingers and don't breathe; resume, cross fingers and don't
> > breathe.
> >
> > -Michael Robinson
>
> Have you set the following config option:
>
> CONFIG_APM_ALLOW_INTS:
>
> Normally we disable external interrupts while we are making calls to
> the APM BIOS as a measure to lessen the effects of a badly behaving
> BIOS implementation. The BIOS should reenable interrupts if it
> needs to. Unfortunately, some BIOSes do not -- especially those in
> many of the newer IBM Thinkpads. If you experience hangs when you
> suspend, try setting this to Y. Otherwise, say N.
