Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030391AbVKPQKx (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Nov 2005 11:10:53 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030392AbVKPQKx (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Nov 2005 11:10:53 -0500 Received: from fmr17.intel.com ([134.134.136.16]:59053 "EHLO orsfmr002.jf.intel.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030391AbVKPQKw convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Nov 2005 11:10:52 -0500 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5.7226.0 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Subject: RE: [linux-pm] [RFC] userland swsusp Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 08:10:19 -0800 Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: [linux-pm] [RFC] userland swsusp thread-index: AcXqi93ikdC1ETTfSbOI6MTjNEXM6QAO28KQ From: "Gross, Mark" To: "Pavel Machek" , "Dave Jones" , "kernel list" , "Rafael J. Wysocki" , "Linux-pm mailing list" X-OriginalArrivalTime: 16 Nov 2005 16:10:21.0893 (UTC) FILETIME=[3EDC9750:01C5EAC8] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1604 Lines: 43 I worry that this is just adding more thrash to a historically unstable implementation. How long do we users have to wait for a swsusp implementation where we don't have to worry about breaking from one kernel release to the next? I agree with this post http://lkml.org/lkml/2005/9/15/125 and note that making too large of a change thrashes the users a lot and if it doesn't solve a real problem or enable something critical, why make the changes? --mgross >-----Original Message----- >From: linux-pm-bounces@lists.osdl.org [mailto:linux-pm-bounces@lists.osdl.org] >On Behalf Of Pavel Machek >Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2005 12:56 AM >To: Dave Jones; kernel list; Rafael J. Wysocki; Linux-pm mailing list >Subject: Re: [linux-pm] [RFC] userland swsusp > >Hi! > >> > > Even it were not for this, the whole idea seems misconcieved to me >> > > anyway. >> > >> > ...but how do you provide nice, graphical progress bar for swsusp >> > without this? People want that, and "esc to abort", compression, >> > encryption. Too much to be done in kernel space, IMNSHO. >> >> I'll take "rootkit doesnt work" over "bells and whistles". > >It moves bunch of code from kernelspace to userspace. You don't have >to add bells and whistles at the same time. That's normally called >good thing. If Fedora has special needs, fine. > Pavel >-- >Thanks, Sharp! - 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/