linux-kernel - Re: Suspend to disk: do we HAVE to use swap?

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Message-ID: <20061031174006.GA31555@dreamland.darkstar.lan>
Date:	Tue, 31 Oct 2006 18:40:06 +0100
From:	Luca Tettamanti <kronos.it@...il.com>
To:	Alistair John Strachan <s0348365@....ed.ac.uk>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	John Richard Moser <nigelenki@...cast.net>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
Subject: Re: Suspend to disk:  do we HAVE to use swap?

Alistair John Strachan <s0348365@....ed.ac.uk> ha scritto:
> On Tuesday 31 October 2006 06:16, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> [snip]
>> However, we already have code that allows us to use swap files for the
>> suspend and turning a regular file into a swap file is as easy as running
>> 'mkswap' and 'swapon' on it.
> 
> How is this feature enabled? I don't see it in 2.6.19-rc4.

Swap files have been supported for ages. suspend-to-swapfile is very
new, you need a -mm kernel and userspace suspend from CVS:
http://suspend.sf.net

Luca
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"Sei l'unica donna della mia vita".
(Adamo)
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