Re: Runlevel for Sleep?

[Sourav K Mandal <smandal-DPNOqEs/LNQ@public.gmane.org>]

> Let me explain:
> It may be one of the first times a linux system can properly sleep, given 
> that current boxes use lots of weird hardware, which may need special 
> handling. The init scripts handle just that, transitions between power states
 * 
> of the system. Should we 'reserve' one or two runlevels (say: 7, 8) for sleep
 * 
> and write init-scripts accordingly? (we may need to differentiate between S3 
> and S4)

I would second this idea.  Right now, when i suspend I have to do
a bunch of module loading/unloading cycles to keep my hardware from
freaking out.  I think a bunch of scripts in the init tree is better
than a bunch of scripts in root's home directory.


Sourav


> 
> In my personal case, I found I should set the clock and run 'anacron' 
> whenever I wake from sleep. A shell script is more than enough for them. I 
> should also unmount the nfs bafore sleeping, since it will time-out while 
> sleeping. Each user may add his own entries, according to his hw (including 
> bug cases where re-init at wake is needed) and software daemons. For example,
 * 
> bring down a ppp Internet connection..
> 
> Using special daemons and binaries to handle sleep preparation and wake 
> restoration may not be enough and will add extra running processes to the 
> system. Init is already there and has a suitable functionality.
> 
> 
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