ThinkPad, APM S3, and kernel 2.6.9-1.724_FC3

[Ed Hill]

Hi folks,

I've been using APM suspend-to-RAM (S3) daily on my ThinkPad A22p (2629-
Y1U) for literally dozens of different kernels over three years and have
had few problems.  Many recent kernels have worked nicely with APM
including:

  kernel-2.6.9-1.681_FC3
  kernel-2.6.9-1.678_FC3
  kernel-2.6.9-1.667

unfortunately, the very latest update:

  kernel-2.6.9-1.724_FC3

is causing my system to lock-up about 25% of the time during APM wake-
ups.  The lockups are complete--only a power down brings the system back
to a stable state.

I've looked in bugzilla and the most similar entry is:

  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=140004

but I've had no problems with pre-2.6.9-1.724_FC3 versions which is not
the case for that reporter.  I've also looked in the system logs for
clues but theres nothing written during the failed wake-ups.

So does anyone have any ideas about what could be wrong and/or how to
diagnose it?

thanks,
Ed

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