Re: [2.6.21.1] resume doesn't run suspended kernel?

[Pavel Machek]

Hi!

> >It is very dangerous to attempt a resume with a 
> >different kernel than the one
> >that has gone to sleep.
> >Different kernels may be compiled with different 
> >options that affect where or
> >how in-memory structures are saved.
> >
> If the mainline resume is depending on that no wonder 
> resume is so fragile. User action can change order of 
> module loads, kmalloc calls move allocated structures, 
> etc. Counting on anything to be locked in place seems 
> naive.

Look at code before spreading FUD. (suspend and suspend2 are same in
this matter).

							Pavel

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