On Fri, 24 Sep 2004, Oliver Neukum wrote: > Upon second thought, user space should write the firmware _before_ > it initiates suspend, so that the firmware is part of the image as it is > read back. If you request a suspend without writing firmware, it's > your fault. You brake it, you can keep the pieces. > Firmware for swap devices must be in kernel always.
Why is that? When idling devices before preparing the image there's no need to power down so far that the device loses its firmware. When reading the image back from the swap partition you've got a fully-running kernel available. The problem is different when you just want to save power without suspending the whole system. Obviously you should never do this to a swap device if you will be unable to reload its firmware. Alan Stern ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: YOU BE THE JUDGE. Be one of 170 Project Admins to receive an Apple iPod Mini FREE for your judgement on who ports your project to Linux PPC the best. Sponsored by IBM. Deadline: Sept. 24. Go here: http://sf.net/ppc_contest.php _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
