Re: [PATCH 0/2] Preparing to phase out uswsusp

[Domenico Andreoli <domenico.andreoli@linux.com>]

On Sun, Apr 26, 2020 at 05:46:37PM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Monday, April 13, 2020 9:08:43 PM CEST Domenico Andreoli wrote:
> > Dear maintainers,
> > 
> >   it is my understanding that the usermode software suspend is not any
> > more the first choice for suspend/hibernate needs (uswsusp tool did
> > not receive any update in years).
> 
> While the last part is true, the user space utilities are still usable.
> 

Indeed I've been using them until now and work perfectly.

> Moreover, the kernel-based hibernation is still missing one important
> piece with respect to the user space variant, which is image encryption.
> 

Interesting, is it advertised anywhere?

> That gap needs to be removed before the user space variant can be
> regarded as deprecated.
> 
> > This small series aims to better separate the kernel side in view of
> > a future phase out.
> > 
> > Marking the new option as deprecated and disabled by default is quite
> > extreme but I've not any specific agenda for pushing it that far,
> > it's just my interpretation and could be totally wrong.
> 
> It is not totally wrong, but a bit premature at this point.

Thanks for clarifying.

I CCed the Debian bug which requested the removal of uswsusp from
the archive.

> 
> Thanks!

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