linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] uswsusp: add pmops->{prepare,enter,finish} support (aka "platform mode")

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Message-Id: <200609252102.17580.rjw@sisk.pl>
Date:	Mon, 25 Sep 2006 21:02:17 +0200
From:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
To:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
Cc:	Stefan Seyfried <seife@...e.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] uswsusp: add pmops->{prepare,enter,finish} support (aka "platform mode")

On Monday, 25 September 2006 10:17, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> > From: Stefan Seyfried <seife@...e.de>
> > 
> > Add an ioctl to the userspace swsusp code that enables the usage of the
> > pmops->prepare, pmops->enter and pmops->finish methods (the in-kernel
> > suspend knows these as "platform method"). These are needed on many machines
> > to (among others) speed up resuming by letting the BIOS skip some steps or
> > let my hp nx5000 recognise the correct ac_adapter state after resume again.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Stefan Seyfried <seife@...e.de>
> 
> ACK, but please supply documentation patch, too.

I'll update the documentation along with the patch for supporting swap files
in uswsusp.  It's almost ready, but I need to test it for a while before I let
it go.

Rafael


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