From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264809AbUEEVEQ (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 May 2004 17:04:16 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264810AbUEEVEQ (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 May 2004 17:04:16 -0400 Received: from mail.tpgi.com.au ([203.12.160.59]:27621 "EHLO mail3.tpgi.com.au") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264809AbUEEVEN (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 May 2004 17:04:13 -0400 Subject: Re: swsusp documentation updates From: Nigel Cunningham Reply-To: ncunningham@linuxmail.org To: Pavel Machek Cc: Andrew Morton , Rusty trivial patch monkey Russell , Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <20040505101158.GC1361@elf.ucw.cz> References: <20040505094719.GA4259@elf.ucw.cz> <1083750907.17294.27.camel@laptop-linux.wpcb.org.au> <20040505101158.GC1361@elf.ucw.cz> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1083791008.17292.32.camel@laptop-linux.wpcb.org.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5-2.norlug Date: Thu, 06 May 2004 07:03:28 +1000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-TPG-Antivirus: Passed Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Howdy. On Wed, 2004-05-05 at 20:11, Pavel Machek wrote: > Hi! > > > > +There are two solutions to this: > > > + > > > +* require half of memory to be free during suspend. That way you can > > > +read "new" data onto free spots, then cli and copy > > > > Would you consider adding: > > > > (Suspend2, which allows more than half of memory to be saved, is a > > variant on this). > > How would you like this added? Well, I was thinking of simply adding the above in brackets on the same or the next line. > swsusp2 shares this fundamental limitation, but does not include user > data and disk caches into "used memory" by saving them in > advance. That means that limitation goes away in practice. > > And perhaps you want to write "What is swsusp2?" question/answer? I'm avoiding calling it swsusp2 because 'swsusp' is unpronouncable. It also gets different interpretations: suspend2 isn't 'swap suspend' because it's not inherently limited to saving to swap. 'software suspend' is too long and doesn't seem to occur as quickly. Thus I'm simply using suspend2. Regards, Nigel -- Nigel & Michelle Cunningham C/- Westminster Presbyterian Church Belconnen 61 Templeton Street, Cook, ACT 2614. +61 (2) 6251 7727(wk); +61 (2) 6254 0216 (home) Evolution (n): A hypothetical process whereby infinitely improbable events occur with alarming frequency, order arises from chaos, and no one is given credit.