Re: [RFC] what should 'uptime' be on suspend?

[Ken Moffat <zarniwhoop@ntlworld.com>]

On Thu, Jul 19, 2007 at 10:42:22PM -0400, Bill Davidsen wrote:
> I just found a machine which will resume after suspend to memory, using 
> the mainline kernel (no suspend2 patch).
> 
> On resume I was looking at the uptime output, and it was about six 
> minutes, FAR longer than the time since resume. So the topic for 
> discussion is, should the uptime be
> - time sine the original boot
> - total uptime since first boot, not counting the time suspended
> - time since resume
> - some other time around six minutes
> 
> Any of the first three could be useful and "right" for some casesm thus 
> discussion invited.
> 
 My ibook has always been able to suspend to RAM.  For a long while,
uptime was shown as the time since the last boot.  At some point,
maybe about a year ago, this was "corrected" to show time since boot
_less_ time suspended.

 To be clear, the ibook suspends when I close the lid and resumes
when I open it.  Uptime used to be convenient, because I could work
out when I'd last booted.

Ken
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