Re: [PATCH 2/2] Fix console handling during suspend/resume

Pavel Machek
2006-07-07T08:35:21Z

Hi!

> > No, that's something else. I used to get text on the console, then
> > it went away[1]. some time later, you came along and did the fixes you
> > refer to.
>
> Ahh.
>
> > [1] I think it was commit 94c188d32996beac00426740974310e32f162c14
> > which implies userspace can make it come back. That's great, but
> > what if userspace has crashed?
>
> Ok, that's a different thing, not the normal kernel suspend path, but the
> user snapshotting thing.
>
> It seems to expect the user-land tools to do the pm_prepare_console() and
> pm_restore_console() for you..

Yes, it expects userland tools to do console switching for you.

Pavel
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