linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] Introduce CONFIG

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Date:	Sun, 29 Jul 2007 22:30:40 +0100
From:	Richard Hughes <hughsient@...il.com>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
Cc:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>, david@...g.hm,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>,
	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>,
	Nigel Cunningham <nigel@...el.suspend2.net>,
	pm list <linux-pm@...ts.linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] Introduce CONFIG_SUSPEND

On Sun, 2007-07-29 at 23:36 +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Sunday, 29 July 2007 23:18, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > On Sun, Jul 29, 2007 at 11:17:20PM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > > On Sunday, 29 July 2007 22:40, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > > > On Sun, Jul 29, 2007 at 02:38:05PM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > > > >...
> > > > > +config SUSPEND
> > > > > +	bool "Suspend"
> > > >              "Suspend to RAM"
> > > 
> > > Not only.  This also includes "standby".
> > 
> > Whatever it includes - please tell it to the user in the prompt.
> > 
> > Technical issues are important, but it's often forgotten how many 
> > problems people run into because the description of a kconfig option 
> > could have been better.
> 
> Sure.  Please see the updated patch I've just sent. :-)

So are you guys using:

"standby" = idle state, ~0.5 seconds
"suspend" = sleep to ram, ~10 seconds
"hibernate" = sleep to disk, ~30 seconds

If so - you rock. This is the common nomenclature I've been pushing for
a few months now in GNOME, KDE and general userspace. I've written up a
spec here:
http://cvs.gnome.org/viewcvs/*checkout*/gnome-power-manager/docs/sleep-names.html

Richard.


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