Re: [Suspend2-devel] Re: uswsusp history lesson

Nigel Cunningham
2006-07-10T21:49:51Z

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Hi.

On Monday 10 July 2006 20:02, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Hi!
>
> > > >> so that it's as
> > > >> feature-rich as the other one.
> > > >
> > > > this is one of the things that bothers me.
> > > > "features features features"
> > > > lets first get the basics right and working.
> > > > Once we have that in tree for a release or two and it's really
> > > > reliable... THEN and only THEN work on adding features.
> > >
> > > hmm...could it be that we "features, features, features" in suspend2
> > > because nigel & co did get the basics right?
> >
> > As I said... if that is the case then it'd be easy to first merge "the
> > right basics", get that solid, and THEN add the features. So far I've
> > not seen that happen.
>
> Well.. Nigel claims his code can not be split into reasonable chunks.
>
> I actually wanted to get a version without advanced features
> (userspace splash, compression, encryption, plugins), but he claims it
> is not possible. Rafael is trying to persuade him to split out at
> least freezer out...

When did you ask for that? Perhaps I missed it.

The modularity is part of the basis of the redesign, so I couldn't easily
remove that. Removing the compression and encryption support is trivial
though (one file each, plus Makefile & Kconfig entries - no other
modifications needed). Userspace splash - well, just don't compile and
install that userspace component - suspend2 will keep working quite happily
without any userspace app to do a nice display (it will still do printks, so
you won't be flying completely blind).

As for the freezer, Rafael doesn't need to persuade me at all. I just need to
find the time to do what he requested.

Regards,

Nigel
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