Re: Linux 2.6 features list update

[Pavel Machek]

Hi!

> I think the section entitled "Laptops" is overly optimistic.  First,
> as far as i know, suspend-to-disk has only this week been announced
> (on this mailing list) for anything other than the i386 platform, and
> even there, many laptops only marginally work with software suspend/
> suspend-to-disk.  I really doubt that any file system utilizing USB or
> ieee1394 is going to work reliably (if at all) with suspend for many
> laptops in the near future.  I think the 2.6.0 shakedown and the amount
> of attention (or lack thereof) given to suspend-related bugs makes it
> clear that suspend-to-disk/software suspend is still experimental in
> this release.
> 
> I sincerely hope that changes very soon and i will do what i can to 
> help.  Meanwhile, please qualify that section to read:
> 
>    ... now supports full software-suspend-to-disk functionality on many
> 								-------
>    laptops for the Linux user on the go.
>    -------				  [emphasis to show added text]
> 
> It's definitely improved, but in many instances (especially where the 
> laptop manufacturer has not provided full hardware/BIOS documentation),
> it does not work well and may be difficult to make reliable in the near
> future.

swsusp is not limited to laptops, and no we do not much bios
documentation. It also worked on x86-64 for half a year...

								Pavel
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