From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262274AbTJ3IRy (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Oct 2003 03:17:54 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262280AbTJ3IRy (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Oct 2003 03:17:54 -0500 Received: from gprs199-225.eurotel.cz ([160.218.199.225]:1408 "EHLO amd.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262274AbTJ3IRw (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Oct 2003 03:17:52 -0500 Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 09:13:59 +0100 From: Pavel Machek To: John Mock Cc: Linux Kernel list Subject: Re: Linux 2.6 features list update Message-ID: <20031030081359.GA297@elf.ucw.cz> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Warning: Reading this can be dangerous to your mental health. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi! > I think the section entitled "Laptops" is overly optimistic. First, > as far as i know, suspend-to-disk has only this week been announced > (on this mailing list) for anything other than the i386 platform, and > even there, many laptops only marginally work with software suspend/ > suspend-to-disk. I really doubt that any file system utilizing USB or > ieee1394 is going to work reliably (if at all) with suspend for many > laptops in the near future. I think the 2.6.0 shakedown and the amount > of attention (or lack thereof) given to suspend-related bugs makes it > clear that suspend-to-disk/software suspend is still experimental in > this release. > > I sincerely hope that changes very soon and i will do what i can to > help. Meanwhile, please qualify that section to read: > > ... now supports full software-suspend-to-disk functionality on many > ------- > laptops for the Linux user on the go. > ------- [emphasis to show added text] > > It's definitely improved, but in many instances (especially where the > laptop manufacturer has not provided full hardware/BIOS documentation), > it does not work well and may be difficult to make reliable in the near > future. swsusp is not limited to laptops, and no we do not much bios documentation. It also worked on x86-64 for half a year... Pavel -- When do you have a heart between your knees? [Johanka's followup: and *two* hearts?]