linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -mm] swsusp: Add support for swap files

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Message-ID: <20060923101724.GA20778@elf.ucw.cz>
Date:	Sat, 23 Sep 2006 12:17:24 +0200
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>, Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -mm] swsusp: Add support for swap files

Hi!

> The following series of patches makes swsusp support swap files.
> 
> For now, it is only possible to suspend to a swap file using the in-kernel
> swsusp and the resume cannot be initiated from an initrd.
> 
> [Note to Pavel: I have added a couple of paragraphs to the documentation to
> clarify some things pointed out by Dave, but I hope the ACK still applies. ;-) ]

Yes, thanks.

Out of my curiosity... can swap on file work on filesystems with 1K
blocksize? ext2 can do that, iirc...
								Pavel
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