From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262929AbUKXW4n (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Nov 2004 17:56:43 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262904AbUKXWyG (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Nov 2004 17:54:06 -0500 Received: from zeus.kernel.org ([204.152.189.113]:10937 "EHLO zeus.kernel.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262875AbUKXWqv (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Nov 2004 17:46:51 -0500 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Jan Rychter Subject: Re: Suspend 2 merge: 24/51: Keyboard and serial console hooks. Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 13:57:58 -0800 Message-ID: References: <1101292194.5805.180.camel@desktop.cunninghams> <1101296414.5805.286.camel@desktop.cunninghams> <20041124132949.GB13145@infradead.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 66-27-68-14.san.rr.com X-Spammers-Please: blackholeme@rychter.com User-Agent: Gnus/5.110003 (No Gnus v0.3) XEmacs/21.5 (chestnut, linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:0Di4bbQg/fB091aFrWh5Z/HdVYI= Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org >>>>> "Christoph" == Christoph Hellwig writes: Christoph> On Wed, Nov 24, 2004 at 11:59:02PM +1100, Nigel Cunningham Christoph> wrote: >> Here we add simple hooks so that the user can interact with suspend >> while it is running. (Hmm. The serial console condition could be >> simplified :>). The hooks allow you to do such things as: >> >> - cancel suspending >> - change the amount of detail of debugging info shown >> - change what debugging info is shown >> - pause the process >> - single step >> - toggle rebooting instead of powering down Christoph> And why would we want this? If the users calls the suspend Christoph> call he surely wants to suspend, right? Obviously you have never actually tried to use software suspend in real life. I would kindly suggest that you try to use it on your laptop for at least several weeks in various circumstances. These features are a result of years of user experience. --J.