From a7ee2e5f5b4c9c72f4390c60ba7ea30306f47188 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Brownell <david-b@pacbell.net> Date: Sun, 6 May 2007 14:50:50 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] kconfig: mention 'hibernation' not just swsusp Clarify that "software suspend" is what's called "hibernation" in most user interfaces, shrinking a terminology gap. (Examples include Gnome and MS-Windows.) Also provide a more succinct description of what it does, so you won't have to read the whole novel in Kconfig; and highlights just why the lack of BIOS requirements for swsusp are a big deal. Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net> Acked-by: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@sisk.pl> Acked-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> --- kernel/power/Kconfig | 11 ++++++++--- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/power/Kconfig b/kernel/power/Kconfig index 51a4dd0f1b74..877721708fa4 100644 --- a/kernel/power/Kconfig +++ b/kernel/power/Kconfig @@ -78,17 +78,22 @@ config PM_SYSFS_DEPRECATED are likely to be bus or driver specific. config SOFTWARE_SUSPEND - bool "Software Suspend" + bool "Software Suspend (Hibernation)" depends on PM && SWAP && ((X86 && (!SMP || SUSPEND_SMP)) || ((FRV || PPC32) && !SMP)) ---help--- - Enable the suspend to disk (STD) functionality. + Enable the suspend to disk (STD) functionality, which is usually + called "hibernation" in user interfaces. STD checkpoints the + system and powers it off; and restores that checkpoint on reboot. You can suspend your machine with 'echo disk > /sys/power/state'. Alternatively, you can use the additional userland tools available from <http://suspend.sf.net>. In principle it does not require ACPI or APM, although for example - ACPI will be used if available. + ACPI will be used for the final steps when it is available. One + of the reasons to use software suspend is that the firmware hooks + for suspend states like suspend-to-RAM (STR) often don't work very + well with Linux. It creates an image which is saved in your active swap. Upon the next boot, pass the 'resume=/dev/swappartition' argument to the kernel to -- GitLab