Re: Suspend2-patch vs Debian Sarge (official) kernel 2.6.8-16sarge1
On Mon, 27 Feb 2006 14:20:21 +0100
luca ferraro <l.ferraro@caspur.it> wrote:
> Rob,
>
> I was not looking for an alternative way to do suspend
I always thought ACPI suspend was more native than suspend2.
>(I already knew
> ACPI suspend feature), but I am interest in suspend2 (which has a lot of
> great features ACPI don't have). More, suspend2 is a debian package
> which should work with the Debian system - but actually it is not.
>
> My intent was to understand why this package is in a non working state
> for debian stable kernel, and how to get it work.
>
More power to you, have fun :)
BTW, as I understand it, ACPI is maturing, but functionality issues may differ by laptop brand.
>
> If you are interest I report some features of suspend2 (from
> http://www.suspend2.net/features)
>
> Software Suspend's features include:
>
> * Image compression (LZF - very fast and highly recommended)
> * Full asynchronous I/O and readahead for synchronous I/O for
> maximum throughput
> * Support for any number of swap partitions and/or files.
> * The ability to cancel a suspend cycle (during suspending) by
> pressing escape
> * The ability to specify a maximum image size.
> * Support for saving a full image of your memory, resulting in a
> fast, responsive system after resuming
> * Support for plugins: data transformers (compression, encryption)
> and new storage backends (NFS support is planned).
> * Nice user interface (Bootsplash compatible).
> * Support for Highmem (up to 4GB), SMP and preemptive kernels.
> * The ability to build Software Suspend 2 as modules, allowing it
> to be called from an initrd.
> * Speed and reliability - Software Suspend has been extensively
> tested in a variety of configurations over many months. It is not
> guaranteed to be perfect, but bugs found will be hunted and fixed quickly.
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Regards,
Rob de Graaf
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