Re: Resume from swsusp stopped working with 2.6.14 and 2.6.15-rc1

Dmitry Torokhov
2005-11-22T19:08:53Z

On 11/22/05, Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> > > > If a clueless users voice counts for anything: I couldn't agree more.
> > > >
> > > > A failed resume is a near catastrophy if you use and trust swsusp. And
> > > > how could it ever be useful if you don't?
> > >
> > > Failed resume is only as bad as powerfail.
> >
> > So? I don't like powerfails either. Could you please answer this
> > question - what pros of having resume process time out do you
> > envision? What problems does it help to solve?
>
> No advantages, really.. except that it keeps suspend and resume paths
> similar, and keeps the code simple. I'll want to call this from
> userland and I'd hate to have two different calls or call with
> parameter.
>

Passing a parameter from userspace - is it so hard? Oh well, if you
prefer to leave this as a time bomb ready to explode - so be it.

--
Dmitry