linux-kernel - Re: RFC: Self-snapshotting in Linux

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Date:	Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:55:23 +1000
From:	Nigel Cunningham <nigel@...el.suspend2.net>
To:	Alan Jenkins <alan-jenkins@...fmail.co.uk>
Cc:	Ben Nizette <bn@...sdigital.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: RFC: Self-snapshotting in Linux

Hi.

On Wed, 2008-04-16 at 03:27 -0700, Alan Jenkins wrote:
> I guess there is the hardware / drivers issue.  I would like to claim
> I've found hibernation to be reliable but unfortunately that's not
> 100% true.  As you say, that's inherent to snapshotting on
> unvirtualised hardware - calling it snapshotting instead of
> hibernation wouldn't change anything.

On a particular set of hardware, it should be possible to make it 100%
reliable. If you've found bugs, please report them. We can only fix
issues if we know they exist.

Regards,

Nigel

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