From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andrea Remondini Subject: Proposed patch for: 'bootparam.7' Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:44:08 +0100 Message-ID: <20091110204408.GA2734@acerrimo> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-man-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org Cc: linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-man@vger.kernel.org Hello, the enclosed patch documents the Linux kernel's 'resume' boot parameter. The patch is to be applied to the 'bootparam.7' man page, as found in version 3.23 of the man-pages. The reported information was obtained from "The Linux BootPrompt-HowTo" by Paul Gortmaker (v1.4, Mar 21, 2003) and tested on Slackware 12.2 using version 2.6.27.7 of the Linux kernel. Regards, Andrea Remondini -----BEGIN DIFF----- --- bootparam.7 2009-11-10 19:59:36.000000000 +0100 +++ bootparam.7.new 2009-11-10 20:58:23.000000000 +0100 @@ -221,6 +221,12 @@ The choice between read-only and read/write can also be set using .BR rdev (8). .TP +.B "'resume=...'" +This tells the kernel the location of the suspend-to-disk data that you want the machine to resume from after hibernation. +Usually, it is the same as your swap partition or file. Example: +.IP +.BI resume= /dev/hda2 +.TP .B "'reserve=...'" This is used to protect I/O port regions from probes. The form of the command is: ------END DIFF------ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html