Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 15 May 1998 15:30:49 -0400 | From | Dave Perks <> | Subject | Re: 2.1.102 and APM -- is the patch correct? |
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Linus wrote:
> The more I think about it, the more I have a little voice saying "suspend > to disk, suspend to disk". > > I don't know how suspend to disk works, but I suspect it may be turning > off the whole CPU, and in that case the cycle counter will certainly be a > goner when we resume, unless some CPU engineer has come up with something > really revolutionary.
My notebook (Toshiba Libretto 50) can be powered off while suspended to disk, and resume weeks later when powered on again. I guess the TSC is long gone at that time...
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