From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752346AbXCFIcf (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Mar 2007 03:32:35 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752935AbXCFIcf (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Mar 2007 03:32:35 -0500 Received: from gprs189-60.eurotel.cz ([160.218.189.60]:58983 "EHLO amd.ucw.cz" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752346AbXCFIce (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Mar 2007 03:32:34 -0500 Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2007 09:32:24 +0100 From: Pavel Machek To: "Rafael J. Wysocki" Cc: Andrew Morton , LKML Subject: Re: [PATCH] Kconfig: Update swsusp description Message-ID: <20070306083224.GE2040@elf.ucw.cz> References: <200703041514.44680.rjw@sisk.pl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200703041514.44680.rjw@sisk.pl> X-Warning: Reading this can be dangerous to your mental health. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11+cvs20060126 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi! > Index: linux-2.6.21-rc2/kernel/power/Kconfig > =================================================================== > --- linux-2.6.21-rc2.orig/kernel/power/Kconfig 2007-02-28 23:54:45.000000000 +0100 > +++ linux-2.6.21-rc2/kernel/power/Kconfig 2007-03-04 11:50:48.000000000 +0100 > @@ -81,30 +81,35 @@ config SOFTWARE_SUSPEND > bool "Software Suspend" > depends on PM && SWAP && ((X86 && (!SMP || SUSPEND_SMP)) || ((FRV || PPC32) && !SMP)) > ---help--- > + Enable the suspend to disk (STD) functionality. > > + You can suspend your machine with 'echo disk > /sys/power/state'. > + Alternatively, you can use the additional userland tools available > + from . > + > + In principle it does not require ACPI or APM, although for example > + ACPI will be used if available. > + > + It creates an image which is saved in your active swap. Upon the next > boot, pass the 'resume=/dev/swappartition' argument to the kernel to Actually, these days resume=... on kernel command line needs to be there for suspend, too, IIRC. > + Right now you may boot without resuming and resume later but in the > + meantime you cannot use the swap partition(s)/file(s) involved in > + suspending. Also in this case you must not use the I'd prefer not to encourage this use. It has too many traps ready for people. Otherwise looks ok. Pavel -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html