Re: Starting point: Suspend to RAM on embedded devices?

From: Pavel Machek
Date: Sat Apr 12 2008 - 08:43:48 EST


On Thu 2008-04-10 10:14:30, Wappler Marcel wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am looking for ways to let an ARM9 based embedded device running Linux go to a "suspend to RAM" like mode. In my opinion this
> could enable a HIFI equipement like "power-off" and "power-on" feeling with quick response (less than 2 seconds) and much less power
> consumption in the standby mode than during normal operation.
>
> - Is there public available documentation about APM like features on ARM architectures?
> - Is there a mainstream Linux platform (best if also ARM9 based) which has achieved this already?

Sharp zaurus, olpc, nokia n810...

And yes, suspend/resume is quite fast, ~2sec on zaurus, 300msec on
olpc.

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