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| author | David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org> | 2007-01-18 10:34:51 +1100 |
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| committer | David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org> | 2007-01-18 10:34:51 +1100 |
| commit | 9cdf083f981b8d37b3212400a359368661385099 (patch) | |
| tree | aa15a6a08ad87e650dea40fb59b3180bef0d345b /Documentation/power/swsusp.txt | |
| parent | e499e01d234a31d59679b7b1e1cf628d917ba49a (diff) | |
| parent | a8b3485287731978899ced11f24628c927890e78 (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6
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diff --git a/Documentation/power/swsusp.txt b/Documentation/power/swsusp.txt index 9ea2208b43b5..0761ff6c57ed 100644 --- a/Documentation/power/swsusp.txt +++ b/Documentation/power/swsusp.txt @@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ add: If the thread is needed for writing the image to storage, you should instead set the PF_NOFREEZE process flag when creating the thread (and -be very carefull). +be very careful). Q: What is the difference between "platform", "shutdown" and @@ -297,20 +297,12 @@ system is shut down or suspended. Additionally use the encrypted suspend image to prevent sensitive data from being stolen after resume. -Q: Why can't we suspend to a swap file? +Q: Can I suspend to a swap file? -A: Because accessing swap file needs the filesystem mounted, and -filesystem might do something wrong (like replaying the journal) -during mount. - -There are few ways to get that fixed: - -1) Probably could be solved by modifying every filesystem to support -some kind of "really read-only!" option. Patches welcome. - -2) suspend2 gets around that by storing absolute positions in on-disk -image (and blocksize), with resume parameter pointing directly to -suspend header. +A: Generally, yes, you can. However, it requires you to use the "resume=" and +"resume_offset=" kernel command line parameters, so the resume from a swap file +cannot be initiated from an initrd or initramfs image. See +swsusp-and-swap-files.txt for details. Q: Is there a maximum system RAM size that is supported by swsusp? |
