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* ARM suspend to disk?
@ 2010-04-28 18:42 Peter Tseng
  2010-04-29 17:58 ` Kevin Hilman
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread
From: Peter Tseng @ 2010-04-28 18:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-omap

Hey there,

I last posted a few weeks ago; I'm Peter Tseng, using the Gumstix Overo
for a project. I'm interested in power management and a few related
things. A few of the things I am interested in are suspend to disk and
snapshot boot.

I found a page on elinux.org with a few notes on the issue for ARM.
However, it looks to be a bit outdated:
http://elinux.org/Suspend_To_Disk_For_ARM

I am wondering how applicable anything on this page is to the current
omap-pm developments. Or, if not, any pointers on how it might be done -
for example, if I felt like I should do some hacking to try to get this
working and contribute these back, a general outline of what I might
have to do)

Thanks for your time,
Peter Tseng

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* Re: ARM suspend to disk?
@ 2011-02-09  4:39 David Fries
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 9+ messages in thread
From: David Fries @ 2011-02-09  4:39 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Kevin Hilman; +Cc: linux-omap

 On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 1:58 PM, Kevin Hilman
 <khilman@deeprootsystems.com> wrote:
> What do you expect to gain from suspend-to-disk + snapshot boot that
> you don't already get from suspend-to-RAM using off-mode?
>
> On OMAP, with off-mode enabled, a suspend to RAM puts the entire OMAP
> into full-chip off, and essentially reboots the ARM when waking up
> from suspend (or idle) already.

A long dead thread, but what you can do with suspend to disk, is
suspend to disk, swap batteries to a spare, and resume where you were.
I'm specifically thinking about my Nokia N900 cell phone.

Other reasons I would have liked it,
- When the battery level gets critical, suspend to disk rather than
  killing it when the battery drains, when I'm not at a place to charge.
- Swapping SIM cards (it's under the battery).
- Airlines, "yes we really mean OFF not (fill in the blank)"

-- 
David Fries <david@fries.net>
http://fries.net/~david/ (PGP encryption key available)

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2010-04-28 18:42 ARM suspend to disk? Peter Tseng
2010-04-29 17:58 ` Kevin Hilman
2010-04-30 21:46   ` Cliff Brake
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2010-05-01  7:12       ` Shilimkar, Santosh
2010-05-03  5:11         ` Peter Tseng
2010-05-03  6:59           ` Reddy, Teerth
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