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| author | Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@insightbb.com> | 2006-12-08 01:07:56 -0500 |
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| committer | Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@insightbb.com> | 2006-12-08 01:07:56 -0500 |
| commit | bef986502fa398b1785a3979b1aa17cd902d3527 (patch) | |
| tree | b59c1afe7b1dfcc001b86e54863f550d7ddc8c34 /Documentation/power/swsusp.txt | |
| parent | 4bdbd2807deeccc0793d57fb5120d7a53f2c0b3c (diff) | |
| parent | c99767974ebd2a719d849fdeaaa1674456f5283f (diff) | |
Merge rsync://rsync.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6
Conflicts:
drivers/usb/input/hid.h
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/power/swsusp.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/power/swsusp.txt | 20 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/power/swsusp.txt b/Documentation/power/swsusp.txt index 9ea2208b43b..0761ff6c57e 100644 --- a/Documentation/power/swsusp.txt +++ b/Documentation/power/swsusp.txt @@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ add: If the thread is needed for writing the image to storage, you should instead set the PF_NOFREEZE process flag when creating the thread (and -be very carefull). +be very careful). Q: What is the difference between "platform", "shutdown" and @@ -297,20 +297,12 @@ system is shut down or suspended. Additionally use the encrypted suspend image to prevent sensitive data from being stolen after resume. -Q: Why can't we suspend to a swap file? +Q: Can I suspend to a swap file? -A: Because accessing swap file needs the filesystem mounted, and -filesystem might do something wrong (like replaying the journal) -during mount. - -There are few ways to get that fixed: - -1) Probably could be solved by modifying every filesystem to support -some kind of "really read-only!" option. Patches welcome. - -2) suspend2 gets around that by storing absolute positions in on-disk -image (and blocksize), with resume parameter pointing directly to -suspend header. +A: Generally, yes, you can. However, it requires you to use the "resume=" and +"resume_offset=" kernel command line parameters, so the resume from a swap file +cannot be initiated from an initrd or initramfs image. See +swsusp-and-swap-files.txt for details. Q: Is there a maximum system RAM size that is supported by swsusp? |