Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263032AbUCXHLS (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Mar 2004 02:11:18 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263041AbUCXHLR (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Mar 2004 02:11:17 -0500 Received: from mail.tpgi.com.au ([203.12.160.57]:41442 "EHLO mail1.tpgi.com.au") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263032AbUCXHLJ (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Mar 2004 02:11:09 -0500 Subject: Re: [Swsusp-devel] Re: swsusp problems [was Re: Your opinion on the merge?] From: Nigel Cunningham Reply-To: ncunningham@users.sourceforge.net To: Michael Frank Cc: Dmitry Torokhov , Pavel Machek , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Swsusp mailing list In-Reply-To: References: <1079659165.15559.34.camel@calvin.wpcb.org.au> <200403231743.01642.dtor_core@ameritech.net> <20040323233228.GK364@elf.ucw.cz> <200403232352.58066.dtor_core@ameritech.net> <1080104698.3014.4.camel@calvin.wpcb.org.au> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1080107188.2205.10.camel@laptop-linux.wpcb.org.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.4-8mdk Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 17:46:28 +1200 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-TPG-Antivirus: Passed Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1689 Lines: 44 Hi. On Wed, 2004-03-24 at 18:22, Michael Frank wrote: > Error messages should be handled on a seperate VT eliminating the issue. While I definitely like the idea, I'm not sure that's feasible; as Pavel pointed out, Suspend doesn't generate all the error messages that might possibly appear. Maybe I'm just ignorant.. I'll take a look when I get the change. > How are bad blocks on a swap partition handled by the vm? Good question :> > Which reminds me of the "failed to read a chunk" message, the guys who reported > it got all quiet after telling them to do more badblocks testing without diskcaching or > using dd to write random data and read them back, so likely was caused by > media problems. I'll reserve judgement there... > Here we need more detailed error messages including the driver output and the > screen should be switched to a text VT so messages are visible. Also as the > error will cause resume to fail the system should be halted in this case. > > IMO seperate message VT will eliminate all interference issues and further modularization > by keeping the eye candy seperate. > > Regards > Michael -- Nigel Cunningham C/- Westminster Presbyterian Church Belconnen 61 Templeton Street, Cook, ACT 2614. +61 (2) 6251 7727(wk); +61 (2) 6253 0250 (home) Evolution (n): A hypothetical process whereby infinitely improbable events occur with alarming frequency, order arises from chaos, and no one is given credit. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/