[PATCH][RFC] Documentation/: update hibernation debug documentation

From: Chen Yu
Date: Thu Aug 11 2016 - 08:10:31 EST


Update the description of test_resume mode for hibernation.

Signed-off-by: Chen Yu <yu.c.chen@xxxxxxxxx>
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Documentation/power/basic-pm-debugging.txt | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/power/basic-pm-debugging.txt b/Documentation/power/basic-pm-debugging.txt
index b96098c..5f1f228 100644
--- a/Documentation/power/basic-pm-debugging.txt
+++ b/Documentation/power/basic-pm-debugging.txt
@@ -36,6 +36,13 @@ button to make the system resume).
If neither "platform" nor "shutdown" hibernation mode works, you will need to
identify what goes wrong.

+Besides, if all the modes described above work, "test_resume" mode can be used to
+verify if the snapshot data written to swap device can be successfully restored
+to memory:
+# echo test_resume > /sys/power/disk
+# echo disk > /sys/power/state
+If everything goes well, the system will resume back without BIOSes involved in.
+
a) Test modes of hibernation

To find out why hibernation fails on your system, you can use a special testing
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