Re: [PATCH 0/8] Suspend block api (version 8)

Alan Cox
2010-05-27T21:29:57Z

> Well, what about when I want the machine to suspend _regardless_ of whether
> or not it's idle at the moment? That actually happens quite often to me. :-)

I don't think it helps to combine them for this discussion ?

> I don't see much difference between that and ACPI S3 other than the memory
> contents are preserved in S3. It also is complete power off state - except for
> memory refresh and wakeup sources (which also may be active in S4).

Agreed although I am pushed to think of many real world cases where it
might matter. VM's maybe?

Alan