Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 21 Jul 2003 00:53:43 +0200 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: Suspend on one machine, resume elsewhere |
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Hi!
> > If you want to migrate programs between machines, run UMLinux, same > > config, on both machines. Ouch and you'll need swsusp for UMLinux, > > too > >> > >> That might be more important than you think. > > Pavel> :-). Well, it is also harder than you probably think, because > Pavel> UML is *very* strange architecture and it is not at all easy to > Pavel> save/restore its state. There were some patches in that area, > Pavel> but it never worked (AFAIK). > > ... but there are many people who dream about swsusp for UMLinux. > > Particularly some laptop users who want to suspend (at least the most > critical long-running applications) and/or find Linux way too unstable > and requiring frequent reboots. > > The day UMLinux gets swsusp, I'm moving my XEmacs, mozilla and some > other toys into a UML machine and staying there. Hopefully then a single > problem with a USB driver, keventd running wild, or other frequently > encountered breakage won't be taking my entire world down.
Well, then you may as well help porting swsusp to UML ;-).
OTOH, single problem with suspend *will* then bring your entire world down :-(. You would be able to rollback, through. Pavel -- When do you have a heart between your knees? [Johanka's followup: and *two* hearts?] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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