It's against 2.1.125, full of FIXMEs, TODOs and XXXs.. only for i386
[yet]... but basically works.
What is does:
It makes possible to suspend a machine even without apm on any platform
that linux supports. It shrinks memory [drops unused buffers, inodes, etc
and swaps out as many pages as it can] then from the rest it makes a copy
in memory [so that its state changes we don't mind -- we have to save the
image]. Then it reboots. It resumes the following way: after initializing
kernel before execing init we check wheter we have a saved image [can be
disabled]. If so we load its pages and copy them to their original place,
then we reactivate current task, registers and it may continue its work.
What I need:
ppl interested about this feature, testing, poiniting for bugs, resolving
my notes [whether that solution works ok].
Can be dowloaded at:
http://falcon.sch.bme.hu/~seasons
^ I forgot to mention it in my previous letter :(
Upgrading to recent kernels should be here soon [I hope]. I just wanted to
make my first release and get finally feedbacks.
Seasons
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"One who has time to complain has time to submit patches." <chinese proverb>
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