Re: [PATCH/RFC] Add support to resume swsusp from initrd

[Pavel Machek]

Hi!

> > > resume_device is set by swsusp_read, which requires name_to_dev_t to be
> > > working. At the point where that's called, the device driver hasn't been
> > > loaded and we don't have the information to get the dev_t. Once the
> > > driver has been loaded, name_to_dev_t has already been discarded (it's
> > > marked __init). So we need to set resume_device somehow.
> > 
> > What about move of resume_device setup somewhere sooner?
> 
> Ah - we could always set resume_device, even if there's nothing to
> resume. That way, it'd be set correctly for userspace later on. Ok, I
> think I can make that work.

Yes.

> > > Heh. Yes, that's no problem. A new bigdiff for -rc3 would be
> > > helpful.
> > 
> > Hmm, I'm still on 2.6.9, but this code did not change much. I'll
> > generate it.
> 
> Thanks!

It should be in the queue.
								Pavel
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