Re: Problems with suspend and USB storage

[Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz>]

Hi!

> > I've been testing suspend/hibernate with various USB devices under
> > 2.6.25.2. Test box is a Thinkpad T60 (uhci, ehci).
> > The results are somewhat dismal.
> > 
> > Using USB as a hibernate device:
> > - A directly connected USB stick works OK as a hibernate device
> > - A directly connected USB hard drive works OK as a hibernate device
> > - A USB stick connected via an ExpressCard reader does not - it appears
> >   to just not be there when the hibernate code attemps to write
> >   the data.
> > 
> > On resume (from either hibernate or suspend from RAM):
> > - Any 'in use' USB storage, whether it be as swap (a hibernate device),
> >   or a mounted filesystem, immediately generates errors on resume. It
> >   appears the filesystem and/or swap tasks are woken up before the
> >   actual USB device - it enumerates the disks after the errors have
> >   already been thrown.

swsusp or uswsusp?

Does strategic delay help?
									Pavel
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