On Mon, 27 Feb 2006 14:20:21 +0100 luca ferraro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Rob, > > I was not looking for an alternative way to do suspend I always thought ACPI suspend was more native than suspend2. >(I already knew > ACPI suspend feature), but I am interest in suspend2 (which has a lot of > great features ACPI don't have). More, suspend2 is a debian package > which should work with the Debian system - but actually it is not. > > My intent was to understand why this package is in a non working state > for debian stable kernel, and how to get it work. > More power to you, have fun :) BTW, as I understand it, ACPI is maturing, but functionality issues may differ by laptop brand. > > If you are interest I report some features of suspend2 (from > http://www.suspend2.net/features) > > Software Suspend's features include: > > * Image compression (LZF - very fast and highly recommended) > * Full asynchronous I/O and readahead for synchronous I/O for > maximum throughput > * Support for any number of swap partitions and/or files. > * The ability to cancel a suspend cycle (during suspending) by > pressing escape > * The ability to specify a maximum image size. > * Support for saving a full image of your memory, resulting in a > fast, responsive system after resuming > * Support for plugins: data transformers (compression, encryption) > and new storage backends (NFS support is planned). > * Nice user interface (Bootsplash compatible). > * Support for Highmem (up to 4GB), SMP and preemptive kernels. > * The ability to build Software Suspend 2 as modules, allowing it > to be called from an initrd. > * Speed and reliability - Software Suspend has been extensively > tested in a variety of configurations over many months. It is not > guaranteed to be perfect, but bugs found will be hunted and fixed quickly. > -- > +--------------------------------------+ > | Luca Ferraro | > | CASPUR | > | Computational Material Science Group | > | Via Dei Tizii 6b | > | 00185 Rome (Italy) | > | Phone: +39-06-44486-717 | > | Fax: +39-06-4957083 | > +--------------------------------------+ > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Regards, Rob de Graaf -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
