Re: 2.6.9-rc3 software suspend (pmdisk) stopped working

Rafael J. Wysocki
2004-10-01T18:53:14Z

On Friday 01 of October 2004 18:03, Kevin Fenzi wrote:
> >>>>> "Pavel" == Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> writes:
>
> Pavel> Hi!
> >> Anyone noticed that pmdisk software suspend stopped working in -rc3
> >> ? In -rc2 it worked just fine. My script was
> >>
> >> chvt 1 echo -n shutdown >/sys/power/disk echo -n disk
> >> >/sys/power/state chvt 7
> >>
> >> In -rc3 it appears to write pages out to disk, but never shuts down
> >> the machine. Is there something else i need to do or am missing ?
>
> Pavel> You are not missing anything, it is somehow broken. I'll try to
> Pavel> find out what went wrong and fix it. In the meantime, look at
> Pavel> -mm series, it works there. Pavel
>
> I finally had a chance to try 2.6.9-rc3 here last night.
>
> It suspended ok for me, but on resume it would load in the cache and
> then reboot. :(

Always? I mean, is it reproducible? I have a similar problem, but it is not
reproducible, apparently. Sometimes it reboots, sometimes it reports a
double fault, but most often it resumes just fine.

Greets,
RJW

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