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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/power')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/power/basic-pm-debugging.txt | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/power/swsusp.txt | 15 |
2 files changed, 19 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/power/basic-pm-debugging.txt b/Documentation/power/basic-pm-debugging.txt index 262acf56fa7..e9b54de8fdf 100644 --- a/Documentation/power/basic-pm-debugging.txt +++ b/Documentation/power/basic-pm-debugging.txt @@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ use the PM_TRACE mechanism documented in Documentation/power/s2ram.txt . To verify that the STR works, it is generally more convenient to use the s2ram tool available from http://suspend.sf.net and documented at -http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Suspend_to_RAM. +http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Suspend_to_RAM (S2RAM_LINK). Namely, after writing "freezer", "devices", "platform", "processors", or "core" into /sys/power/pm_test (available if the kernel is compiled with @@ -194,10 +194,10 @@ Among other things, the testing with the help of /sys/power/pm_test may allow you to identify drivers that fail to suspend or resume their devices. They should be unloaded every time before an STR transition. -Next, you can follow the instructions at http://en.opensuse.org/s2ram to test -the system, but if it does not work "out of the box", you may need to boot it -with "init=/bin/bash" and test s2ram in the minimal configuration. In that -case, you may be able to search for failing drivers by following the procedure +Next, you can follow the instructions at S2RAM_LINK to test the system, but if +it does not work "out of the box", you may need to boot it with +"init=/bin/bash" and test s2ram in the minimal configuration. In that case, +you may be able to search for failing drivers by following the procedure analogous to the one described in section 1. If you find some failing drivers, you will have to unload them every time before an STR transition (ie. before you run s2ram), and please report the problems with them. diff --git a/Documentation/power/swsusp.txt b/Documentation/power/swsusp.txt index 0b4b63e7e9b..079160e22bc 100644 --- a/Documentation/power/swsusp.txt +++ b/Documentation/power/swsusp.txt @@ -50,6 +50,19 @@ echo N > /sys/power/image_size before suspend (it is limited to 500 MB by default). +. The resume process checks for the presence of the resume device, +if found, it then checks the contents for the hibernation image signature. +If both are found, it resumes the hibernation image. + +. The resume process may be triggered in two ways: + 1) During lateinit: If resume=/dev/your_swap_partition is specified on + the kernel command line, lateinit runs the resume process. If the + resume device has not been probed yet, the resume process fails and + bootup continues. + 2) Manually from an initrd or initramfs: May be run from + the init script by using the /sys/power/resume file. It is vital + that this be done prior to remounting any filesystems (even as + read-only) otherwise data may be corrupted. Article about goals and implementation of Software Suspend for Linux ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -326,7 +339,7 @@ Q: How can distributions ship a swsusp-supporting kernel with modular disk drivers (especially SATA)? A: Well, it can be done, load the drivers, then do echo into -/sys/power/disk/resume file from initrd. Be sure not to mount +/sys/power/resume file from initrd. Be sure not to mount anything, not even read-only mount, or you are going to lose your data. |