Re: The verdict on the future of suspending to disk?

From: Pavel Machek
Date: Tue Mar 16 2004 - 06:39:39 EST


Hi!

> Just wanting clarification; what are we thinking about the future of
> suspend implementations? Let me throw my current
> understanding/suggestion in for starters:

I'd like to know the results, too.

> - Drop PM_DISK?

I do not care which one is dropped as long as only one implementation
remains. Droping PM_DISK is indeed easiest as noone touched it for
half a year.

> - Apply patches making swsusp into suspend2, leaving out freezer changes
> until people are convinced the current solution is insufficient.

Could you prepare some "swsusp2 without freezer" patch, so that we can
see how it looks like?

> - Pavel keeps maintaining the end result? (I'm happy to maintain it if
> he wants; I'm assuming when I say this he'll still be dealing with S3
> and Patrick will be deal with PM support proper).

I do not think Patrick is going to maintain anything.

If you want to maintain it, you can have it. Big plus if you are able
to deal with Patrick.
Pavel
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When do you have a heart between your knees?
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