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

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Message-ID: <20060925081704.GC2107@elf.ucw.cz>
Date:	Mon, 25 Sep 2006 10:17:04 +0200
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:	Stefan Seyfried <seife@...e.de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] uswsusp: add pmops->{prepare,enter,finish} support (aka "platform mode")

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.
								Pavel

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