Re: suspend2-patch in forthcoming Etch?
On Thu, Nov 30, 2006 at 03:44:26PM -0500, Jim Crilly wrote:
> On 11/30/06 04:58:18PM +0100, maximilian attems wrote:
> > On Thu, Nov 30, 2006 at 04:13:39PM +0100, Andre Massing wrote:
> > > maximilian attems wrote:
> > > > On Tue, Nov 28, 2006 at 10:16:50PM +0100, Andre Massing wrote:
> > > >> Hi,
> > > >>
> > > >> will be there any chance to include anything like a linux-patch-suspend2 for
> > > >> the shipped kernel? This is one of the patches I am really missing.
> > > >>
> > > >> Cheers,
> > > >> Andre
> > > >
> > > > no it is not accepted upstream, push nigel to submit upstream.
> > > >
> > > What does this exactly mean? Must Nigel submit it to upstream? AFAIK (at
> >
> > yes, debian does not include third party patches
> > http://wiki.debian.org/DebianKernelPatchAcceptanceGuidelines
> > Xen und Vserver are evident "enterprise ready" exceptions ;)
> >
>
> No offense to anyone involved but I've had a lot more success using the
> suspend2 patches on my notebook than I've had getting Xen to work. I can
> understand the desire to maintain as few external patches as necessary,
> especially considering that Nigel will likely keep his patches updated
> against the current kernel.org release while Etch will have 2.6.18 forever,
> but the in kernel swsusp sucks and IMO uswsusp isn't quite there yet so if
> Etch is to officially support suspend to RAM and/or disk then suspend2
> should definitely be reconsidered. If suspension isn't something that
> matters for the Etch release then I guess it doesn't matter which method is
> included.
>
> Jim.
hey guys,
you wasted already _more_ time than it needs to add a stupid kernel
patch suspend2 package.
so stop whining and get to work
--
maks
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