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Date: Sun, 27 May 2007 08:53:11 -0400 From: Bill Davidsen <davidsen@....com> To: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl> CC: Linux Kernel M/L <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz> Subject: Re: Documentation on /sys/power/resume Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > Hi, > > On Sunday, 27 May 2007 01:51, Bill Davidsen wrote: >> Not in the ABI doc, is there and doc at all, and if not could someone >> who knows where it's used might give me a hint, as a quick look didn't >> bring enlightenment. Or is it a future hook which doesn't work yet? > > That's something that in theory may allow you to resume the system from > and initrd script. > > Basically, you write your resume device's major and minor numbers > into it as the "MAJ:MIN" string (eg. "8:3" for /dev/sda3 on my box) and the > kernel will try to read the image from this device and restore it. > > It only works with partitions and the use of it us discouraged, so it's > deliberately undocumented. > Thanks, that's just different enough from what little info I had to make what I have not work. I'm looking at resume from a non-swap location. -- Bill Davidsen <davidsen@....com> "We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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