Re: Hibernation Redesign

[Nick Piggin]

Al Boldi wrote:
> Pavel Machek wrote:

> > In the end, you'll get rid of freezer problems, but will have two
> > kernels to care about, and certainly more conventional design. I do
> > not think I have time to try that (and don't think freezer problems
> > are _that_ bad in the first place), but some interested soul could
> > certainly try it.
>
>
> Who said we need two kernels?  You could inline it like Xen, which would give 
> you one kernel with two modes:  normal and hibernate.


kexec can boot the currently running kernel image. There is no
need for two kernels.

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