tomorrows rawhide kernel.
Willem Riede
wrrhdev at riede.org
Sun Aug 14 13:44:06 UTC 2005
On 08/14/2005 02:13:59 AM, Dave Jones wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 14, 2005 at 12:12:43AM -0400, Rik van Riel wrote:
> > On Sat, 13 Aug 2005, Dave Jones wrote:
> >
> > > > Why not an swap file or just an regular suspend file? [2]
> > >
> > > I never tested swapfiles, but it *should* work.
> >
> > Are you sure?
> >
> > I don't understand how the suspend software would be able
> > to resume from a swapfile without first mounting the root
> > filesystem (which upsets the ext3 journal state in the
> > written out memory).
>
> Gack. I clearly never thought that through at all :)
> You're absolutely correct.
Can it do that mount ext2, ro, and avoid that effect?
Regards, Willem Riede.
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