From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263277AbTJ0EzZ (ORCPT ); Sun, 26 Oct 2003 23:55:25 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263406AbTJ0EzZ (ORCPT ); Sun, 26 Oct 2003 23:55:25 -0500 Received: from adsl-63-194-133-30.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net ([63.194.133.30]:16258 "EHLO penngrove.fdns.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263277AbTJ0EzY (ORCPT ); Sun, 26 Oct 2003 23:55:24 -0500 From: John Mock To: Linux Kernel list Subject: re: Linux 2.6 features list update Message-Id: Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2003 20:55:49 -0800 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org I think the section entitled "Laptops" is overly optimistic. First, as far as i know, suspend-to-disk has only this week been announced (on this mailing list) for anything other than the i386 platform, and even there, many laptops only marginally work with software suspend/ suspend-to-disk. I really doubt that any file system utilizing USB or ieee1394 is going to work reliably (if at all) with suspend for many laptops in the near future. I think the 2.6.0 shakedown and the amount of attention (or lack thereof) given to suspend-related bugs makes it clear that suspend-to-disk/software suspend is still experimental in this release. I sincerely hope that changes very soon and i will do what i can to help. Meanwhile, please qualify that section to read: ... now supports full software-suspend-to-disk functionality on many ------- laptops for the Linux user on the go. ------- [emphasis to show added text] It's definitely improved, but in many instances (especially where the laptop manufacturer has not provided full hardware/BIOS documentation), it does not work well and may be difficult to make reliable in the near future. Respectfully submitted, -- JM