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From: Jan Rychter <jan@rychter.com>
Subject: Re: Suspend 2 merge: 24/51: Keyboard and serial console hooks.
Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 13:57:58 -0800
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>>>>> "Christoph" == Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> writes:
 Christoph> On Wed, Nov 24, 2004 at 11:59:02PM +1100, Nigel Cunningham
 Christoph> wrote:
 >> Here we add simple hooks so that the user can interact with suspend
 >> while it is running. (Hmm. The serial console condition could be
 >> simplified :>). The hooks allow you to do such things as:
 >>
 >> - cancel suspending
 >> - change the amount of detail of debugging info shown
 >> - change what debugging info is shown
 >> - pause the process
 >> - single step
 >> - toggle rebooting instead of powering down

 Christoph> And why would we want this?  If the users calls the suspend
 Christoph> call he surely wants to suspend, right?

Obviously you have never actually tried to use software suspend in real
life.

I would kindly suggest that you try to use it on your laptop for at
least several weeks in various circumstances. These features are a
result of years of user experience.

--J.

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