Messages in this thread | | | From | Alistair John Strachan <> | Subject | Re: Suspend to disk: do we HAVE to use swap? | Date | Tue, 31 Oct 2006 19:05:33 +0000 |
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On Tuesday 31 October 2006 17:40, Luca Tettamanti wrote: > Alistair John Strachan <s0348365@sms.ed.ac.uk> ha scritto: > > On Tuesday 31 October 2006 06:16, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > > [snip] > > > >> However, we already have code that allows us to use swap files for the > >> suspend and turning a regular file into a swap file is as easy as > >> running 'mkswap' and 'swapon' on it. > > > > How is this feature enabled? I don't see it in 2.6.19-rc4. > > Swap files have been supported for ages. suspend-to-swapfile is very > new, you need a -mm kernel and userspace suspend from CVS: > http://suspend.sf.net
I know, I use swap files, and not a partition. This has prevented me from using suspend to disk "for ages". ;-)
Is userspace suspend REQUIRED for this feature?
-- Cheers, Alistair.
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