Re: [patch] PM: suspend/resume debugging should depend on SOFTWARE_SUSPEND

Rafael J. Wysocki
2006-11-19T21:29:36Z

On Sunday, 19 November 2006 20:54, Linus Torvalds wrote:
>
> On Sun, 19 Nov 2006, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> >
> > > because people point to the suspend-to-disk instead.
> >
> > Who they?
>
> Like you _just_ did.

No, I didn't. It was referred to in the message that started this thread.

I don't remeber telling _anyone_ not to use the STR and use the STD instead.

> > > - enable PM_DEBUG, and PM_TRACE
> >
> > This only works on i386, no?
>
> Right now the trivial functions are only available on i386, yes. The
> concept works anywhere that has a CMOS chip, so if somebody were to spend
> a few minutes testing it on x86-64 and others, it would work elsewhere
> too..

I can do that if someone gives me the code.

> > I don't know of anyone who's doing that.
>
> I know. I'm probably the only one. Frustrating.

Well, it isn't that well documented ...

Greetings,
Rafael

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