Re: Why is 2.6.12.2 less stable on my laptop than 2.6.10?

[Alan Cox]

> I have always wondered how Windows got it right circa 1995 - Version after 
> version, several different hardwares and it always works reliably. 
> I am using Linux since 1997 and not a single time have I succeeded in getting 
> it to suspend and resume reliably. 

Because Windows at the time used the APM BIOS and the APM BIOS vendors
made sure Windows worked and generally didnt care about more. When the
vendor got it right it worked, indeed Linux back to 1.x will suspend to
disk nicely on an old IBM thinkpad.


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