Re: suspend2 merge history [was Re: the " 'official' point of view"expressed by kernelnewbies.org regarding reiser4 inclusion]
From: Bill Davidsen
Date: Mon Jul 31 2006 - 10:12:28 EST
Pavel Machek wrote:
On Sun 2006-07-30 15:25:49, Hua Zhong wrote:
I don't _blame_ drivers. I only wanted to say this: "If
Nigel knows that some drivers need to be fixed and he has
working fixes for these drivers, he should have submitted
these fixes for merging instead of just keeping them in
suspend2". Period.
If I know of a fix for a driver, I always do my best to make
sure the fix will get considered for merging at least. The
problem is I'm not a driver expert and I can't provide the
fixes myself.
Suspend2 patch is open source. You can always take a look.
swsusp is open source. You can always take a look. And you can always
submit a patch.
But you can't get the patch accepted, that's issue causing all this
discussion.
Moreover, if someone claims suspend2 isn't ready for merge, or the
Moreover, if someone claims swsusp is broken, they should attach
bugzilla id.
I'm not exactly an expert, but I don't think suspend-to-ram is more
difficult than suspend-to-disk (probably quite the contrary), and
there are a lot in common.
As you said, you do not know what you are talking about.
That's why people are frustrated. You blow off anyone who tells you the
code doesn't work. Do you really think Linus doesn't know what he's
talking about when he reported that it didn't work for him? Hua Zhong
being "Not an expert" is not the same as not knowing what he's talking
about.
--
bill davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx>
CTO TMR Associates, Inc
Doing interesting things with small computers since 1979
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