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authorVictor Lowther <victor.lowther@gmail.com>2009-12-10 22:57:00 -0600
committerVictor Lowther <victor.lowther@gmail.com>2009-12-10 22:58:26 -0600
commitda03ab146c022b685b096ed7fe118eb4bb29ee6e (patch)
tree1f0bd4674698f73bf3684a8851e0425568c5e6bc
parentd92323cbcb3c35896cc2969ff2fa9cb1d8365361 (diff)
Use --quirk-test to override the usual sanity checks.
This can be useful for testing to see if your system requires an unusual set of quirks, but can also make your system crash in new and exciting ways across suspend/resume. You have been warned.
-rw-r--r--README.debugging6
-rwxr-xr-xpm/sleep.d/98-video-quirk-db-handler13
2 files changed, 15 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/README.debugging b/README.debugging
index d9989b4..96d2638 100644
--- a/README.debugging
+++ b/README.debugging
@@ -38,6 +38,12 @@ End-user customization and debugging:
with '--help' as the first parameter as root. This will print out the
options that it supports and which hooks or modules handle those options.
+* To override the usual quirk filtering (for kernel modesetting, binary drivers,
+ and exotic hardware), pass --quirk-test along with any other quirks you want
+ to try. This make make your system crash in new and exciting ways by
+ conflicting with the kernel when suspending or resuming, but is very useful
+ for debugging. You have been warned.
+
Significant conceptual changes from pm-utils 0.99.x and earlier:
* Do not rely on the internals of hooks when configuring or customizing
diff --git a/pm/sleep.d/98-video-quirk-db-handler b/pm/sleep.d/98-video-quirk-db-handler
index 114cc74..ec8c892 100755
--- a/pm/sleep.d/98-video-quirk-db-handler
+++ b/pm/sleep.d/98-video-quirk-db-handler
@@ -346,7 +346,12 @@ case $1 in
# This logic can also be expressed using entries in the quirkdb,
# but I am too lazy to do that until a final quirk database is
# formalized.
- if using_kms; then
+ if has_parameter --quirk-test && has_video_parameters; then
+ # The user is explicitly testing video parameters.
+ # Use them without the usual filtering. This may cause the system
+ # to blow up, but they explicitly asked for it.
+ remove_parameters --quirk-test
+ elif using_kms; then
# Using kernel modesetting? No quirks, and do not change vts.
remove_parameters $possible_video_quirks
add_parameters --quirk-no-chvt
@@ -367,8 +372,8 @@ case $1 in
else
# Go ahead and get our quirks.
if has_video_parameters; then
- # command line video parameters override everything.
- # Honor them by doing nothing.
+ # Parameters from the command line take precedence
+ # over the database, so do not query it.
:
elif [[ $PM_QUIRKS ]]; then
# If we have $PM_QUIRKS. use it instead of the quirk database
@@ -419,7 +424,7 @@ case $1 in
QUIRKS=$(restorestate video_quirks);
write_last_known_working
elif has_parameter --store-quirks-as-lkw; then
- for x in $(get_paremeters); do
+ for x in $(get_parameters); do
for y in $possible_video_quirks; do
[[ $x = $y ]] && QUIRKS=" $QUIRKS $x"
done