From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 30 Jun 2002 10:28:54 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 30 Jun 2002 10:28:53 -0400 Received: from dingo.clsp.jhu.edu ([128.220.34.67]:13487 "EHLO bug.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 30 Jun 2002 10:28:52 -0400 Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2002 16:05:29 +0200 From: Pavel Machek To: torvalds@transmeta.com, kernel list Subject: suspend-to-disk documentation updates Message-ID: <20020629140529.GA576@elf.ucw.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i X-Warning: Reading this can be dangerous to your mental health. Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi! Please apply, Pavel --- linux-swsusp.test/Documentation/swsusp.txt Sun May 26 19:31:41 2002 +++ linux-swsusp/Documentation/swsusp.txt Sat Jun 29 15:56:37 2002 @@ -122,11 +122,9 @@ interrupts AFAIK.. - We should only make a copy of data related to kernel segment, since any process data won't be changed. -- By copying pages back to their original position, copy_page caused General - Protection Fault. Why? - Hardware state restoring. Now there's support for notifying via the notify chain, event handlers are welcome. Some devices may have microcodes loaded - into them. We should have event handlers for them aswell. + into them. We should have event handlers for them as well. - We should support other architectures (There are really only some arch related functions..) - We should also restore original state of swaps if the ``noresume'' kernel @@ -148,6 +146,15 @@ go there anyway.. - If X is active while suspending then by resuming calling svgatextmode corrupts the virtual console of X.. (Maybe this has been fixed AFAIK). + +Drivers we support +- IDE disks are okay +- vesafb + +Drivers that need support +- pc_keyb -- perhaps we can wait for vojtech's input patches +- do IDE cdroms need some kind of support? +- IDE CD-RW -- how to deal with that? Any other idea you might have tell me! -- (about SSSCA) "I don't say this lightly. However, I really think that the U.S. no longer is classifiable as a democracy, but rather as a plutocracy." --hpa