linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH -mm] Make swsusp work on i386 with PAE

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Date:	Thu, 2 Nov 2006 11:31:19 +0100
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
Cc:	Linux PM <linux-pm@...l.org>, Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Nigel Cunningham <ncunningham@...uxmail.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH -mm] Make swsusp work on i386 with PAE

Hi!

> The purpose of the appended patch is to make swsusp work on i386 with PAE,
> but it should also allow i386 systems without PSE to use swsusp.
> 
> The patch creates temporary page tables located in resume-safe page frames
> during the resume and uses them for restoring the suspend image (the same
> approach is used on x86-64).
> 
> It has been tested on an i386 system with PAE and survived several
> suspend-resume cycles in a row, but I have no systems without PSE, so that
> requires some testing.
> 
> Comments welcome.

Just a short update. I actualy tried it, and it seems to work
ok. Thanks!
									Pavel
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