Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: 2.6.9-rc2-mm1 swsusp bug report. | From | Nigel Cunningham <> | Date | Mon, 27 Sep 2004 07:59:42 +1000 |
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Hi.
On Sun, 2004-09-26 at 20:04, Pavel Machek wrote: > > Are we still planning on having suspend2 replace swsusp eventually? It > > was a lot of work to switch from those high order allocations, and if we > > are still going to replace swsusp, perhaps it's would be a better use of > > your time to do other things? > > I do not know if I'm more scared of swsusp1 to kill order-8 > allocations or if suspend2's two page sets scare me more. (Hooks > suspend2 needs to stop all page cache activity are scary...)
Hooks to stop all page cache activity? I'm not sure what you mean.
> I certainly want some parts of suspend2 (like improved freezer, if it > can be made small enough), but I'm no longer sure I want all of it. I > expected many people complaining about highmem problems in swsusp1, > and that just did not happen; SMP support turned out to be reasonably > simple...
Okay. There are other advantages too, of course :>
Nigel
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