From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754665AbZEYWpR (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 May 2009 18:45:17 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753110AbZEYWpH (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 May 2009 18:45:07 -0400 Received: from smtp-out003.kontent.com ([81.88.40.217]:58366 "EHLO smtp-out003.kontent.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752523AbZEYWpG (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 May 2009 18:45:06 -0400 From: Oliver Neukum To: "Rafael J. Wysocki" Subject: Re: [TuxOnIce-devel] [RFC] TuxOnIce Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 00:45:33 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.10.3 (Linux/2.6.27.21-0.1-default; KDE/4.1.3; x86_64; ; ) Cc: nigel@tuxonice.net, linux-pm@lists.linux-foundation.org, tuxonice-devel@lists.tuxonice.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Pavel Machek References: <1241620755-22133-1-git-send-email-nigel@tuxonice.net> <1243245907.16743.101.camel@nigel-laptop> <200905252343.23744.rjw@sisk.pl> In-Reply-To: <200905252343.23744.rjw@sisk.pl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-2" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200905260045.33902.oliver@neukum.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Am Montag, 25. Mai 2009 23:43:23 schrieb Rafael J. Wysocki: > > Oh, before I forget to mention and you ask - how to know what allowance > > for the drivers? I use a sysfs entry - the user then just needs to see > > what's needed on their first attempt, set up a means of putting that > > value in the sysfs file in future (eg /etc/hibernate/tuxonice.conf) and > > then forget about it. > > OK, this is reasonable. No, I am afraid it is not. The average user has no clue. Even if that is not the problem, the user never knows for sure he has encountered the worst case. If you really have drivers that have exceptionally large memory requirements (eg. you need to copy video ram), you should tell the system through struct driver and do accounting at probe and removal of devices. Regards Oliver