RE: suspend/resume support for driver requires an external firmware

From: Zhu, Yi
Date: Mon Sep 27 2004 - 21:31:28 EST


Patrick Mochel wrote:
> Why not just suspend the device first, then enter the system
> suspend state; then on resume, resume the device after
> control has transferred back to userspace. That way, the
> driver can load the firmware from the disk, and we don't have
> to worry about it in the kernel. Automate with a script, and
> never worry about it again. :)

This won't work for the mount NFS root model proposed by
Denis Vlasenko on this topic.

Thanks,
-yi
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