--- zzzz-none-000/linux-3.10.107/Documentation/power/swsusp.txt 2017-06-27 09:49:32.000000000 +0000 +++ scorpion-7490-727/linux-3.10.107/Documentation/power/swsusp.txt 2021-02-04 17:41:59.000000000 +0000 @@ -50,6 +50,19 @@ before suspend (it is limited to 500 MB by default). +. The resume process checks for the presence of the resume device, +if found, it then checks the contents for the hibernation image signature. +If both are found, it resumes the hibernation image. + +. The resume process may be triggered in two ways: + 1) During lateinit: If resume=/dev/your_swap_partition is specified on + the kernel command line, lateinit runs the resume process. If the + resume device has not been probed yet, the resume process fails and + bootup continues. + 2) Manually from an initrd or initramfs: May be run from + the init script by using the /sys/power/resume file. It is vital + that this be done prior to remounting any filesystems (even as + read-only) otherwise data may be corrupted. Article about goals and implementation of Software Suspend for Linux ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -207,7 +220,10 @@ A: Try running -cat `cat /proc/[0-9]*/maps | grep / | sed 's:.* /:/:' | sort -u` > /dev/null +cat /proc/[0-9]*/maps | grep / | sed 's:.* /:/:' | sort -u | while read file +do + test -f "$file" && cat "$file" > /dev/null +done after resume. swapoff -a; swapon -a may also be useful. @@ -326,7 +342,7 @@ disk drivers (especially SATA)? A: Well, it can be done, load the drivers, then do echo into -/sys/power/disk/resume file from initrd. Be sure not to mount +/sys/power/resume file from initrd. Be sure not to mount anything, not even read-only mount, or you are going to lose your data. @@ -394,8 +410,17 @@ Q: Can I suspend-to-disk using a swap partition under LVM? -A: No. You can suspend successfully, but you'll not be able to -resume. uswsusp should be able to work with LVM. See suspend.sf.net. +A: Yes and No. You can suspend successfully, but the kernel will not be able +to resume on its own. You need an initramfs that can recognize the resume +situation, activate the logical volume containing the swap volume (but not +touch any filesystems!), and eventually call + +echo -n "$major:$minor" > /sys/power/resume + +where $major and $minor are the respective major and minor device numbers of +the swap volume. + +uswsusp works with LVM, too. See http://suspend.sourceforge.net/ Q: I upgraded the kernel from 2.6.15 to 2.6.16. Both kernels were compiled with the similar configuration files. Anyway I found that