linux-kernel - Re: [REQUEST] New boot flag/kernel option

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Date:	Tue, 4 Dec 2007 07:18:16 +0000
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:	Raymano Garibaldi <raymano@...nos.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [REQUEST] New boot flag/kernel option

On Sat 2007-11-17 11:02:20, Raymano Garibaldi wrote:
> I would like to request a new boot flag/kernel option that would make
> the following scenario possible:
> 
> 1) Working on laptop with a live USB distro on a read-only USB stick.
> 2) Suspend laptop.
> 3) Detach USB stick.
> 
> 4) Do other things, get on a plane, go on a bus, deal with police
> officer giving you a ticket for operating a laptop while driving...
> 
> 5) Attach the same read-only USB stick.
> 6) Resume laptop.
> 7) Continue work as if nothing happened.
> 
> The last time we were able to do something like this was in 2.6.21.
> 
> If not, could you please advise a workaround to get this functionality
> with the latest kernels.

There's CONFIG switch in usb, exactly for this.

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