> I have always wondered how Windows got it right circa 1995 - Version after > version, several different hardwares and it always works reliably. > I am using Linux since 1997 and not a single time have I succeeded in getting > it to suspend and resume reliably.
Because Windows at the time used the APM BIOS and the APM BIOS vendors made sure Windows worked and generally didnt care about more. When the vendor got it right it worked, indeed Linux back to 1.x will suspend to disk nicely on an old IBM thinkpad. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/