Hi, The README file needs to be uptaded after the recent changes.
Note to Stefan: I'm not sure if the version of vbetool in README is correct. Please check. Greetings, Rafael -- README | 67 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------------- 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-) Index: suspend/README =================================================================== --- suspend.orig/README 2006-07-19 17:23:54.000000000 +0200 +++ suspend/README 2006-07-23 14:26:27.000000000 +0200 @@ -1,37 +1,48 @@ -Userland support for software suspend +Userland support for suspend ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Copyright (C) 2005 Rafael J. Wysocki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Copyright (C) 2006 Pavel Machek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -The package contains the suspend and resume tools that make -it possible to use the kernel software suspend userland interface -(available in the 2.6.17-rc1 kernel and above). - -You'll need /dev/snapshot for these to work: - -crw-r--r-- 1 root root 10, 231 Jan 13 21:21 /dev/snapshot - -(see the HOWTO file for more details). - -The suspend tool now supports the "suspend to both" option which -means the box may be suspended to RAM after the suspend to disk -image has been created instead of being powered off. Then, if -there's enough battery power, you can resume from RAM and -discard the saved image. However, this is only possible if your -box is explicitly whitelisted. - -The s2ram utility is also provided allowing you to suspend to RAM -or just check if the box is on the whitelist. The utility contains -the code out of vbetool and radeontool needed for handling quite a lot -of graphics cards after resume from RAM. +This package contains some userland tools allowing you to suspend a Linux +system either to disk or to RAM. These tools provide some capabilities +that are not available in the vanilla Linux kernel. + +The suspend to disk can be carried out with the help of s2disk and resume +utilities which use the software suspend userland interface available in +the Linux kernel 2.6.17 or above. Among other things, they provide the +following features: + +- suspend image checksumming +- suspend image compression +- suspend image encryption +- (limited) support for splash screens and graphical progress meters + +that are not provided by the in-kernel software suspend code (swsusp). +Please refer to the HOWTO document in this package for more information about +these utilities and installation instructions. + +The s2ram tool allows you to suspend the system to RAM and restore the state +of the graphics adapter after the resume automatically. For this purpose it +uses the code out of vbetool and radeontool utilities, needed for handling +quite a lot of graphics cards after the resume from RAM. It also contains a +whitelist of machines that are known to work with it. Please refer to the +document README.s2ram-whitelist in this package for more information about the +s2ram whitelist. + +The s2both tool combines the functionalities of s2disk and s2ram. With the +help of it the system may be suspended to RAM after the suspend-to-disk +image has been created instead of being powered off. Then, if there's enough +battery power, you can resume from RAM and discard the saved image, or you +can resume the system from disk using the resume tool otherwise However, this +is only possible if your box is present in the s2ram whitelist. + +To build the s2ram and s2both tools you will need the pciutils-devel +(pciutils-dev) package which is necessary to compile the vbetool code +(the vbetool code is based on vbetool-0.5-1 from Debian). For debugging, see http://www.opensuse.org/ACPI_Suspend_debugging and http://en.opensuse.org/S2ram . acpi-support package from Ubuntu has *very* long whitelist of machines: -http://packages.ubuntu.org.cn/dapper/admin/acpi-support . - -The vbetool code is based on vbetool-0.5-1 from Debian. - -pciutils-dev package is needed to compile the vbetool code, so it's needed -to compile the suspend and s2ram tools. +http://packages.ubuntu.org.cn/dapper/admin/acpi-support that are likely to +work with s2ram. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Suspend-devel mailing list Suspend-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/suspend-devel
