Suspend2 isn't invasive.

[Nigel Cunningham]

Hi Trent.

On Thu, 2006-12-21 at 20:18 +0900, Trent Lloyd wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 20, 2006 at 11:10:44AM -0500, Matt Price wrote:
> > On Tue, 2006-19-12 at 13:41 -0500, Philippe Cl??ri?? wrote:
> > > Nigel Cunningham wrote:
> > > 
> > > > 
> > > > I can never understand why people keep saying hibernation is mostly a
> > > > laptop thing. It's just as useful for desktops; I guess it's just a
> > > > mindset thing.
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > I agree! It would be particularly useful where street power is a once in
> > > while thing. I'm on batteries most of the time and I can assure you that
> > > conserving power on a desktop _is_ high priority. Which is why my desktop
> > > is off whenever it's not in use. Reliable hibernation would be welcome.
> > > 
> > 
> > so, I was able to build suspend2 kernels using nigel's
> > ubuntu-2.6-suspend2 git tree (currently offline till git.kernel.org is
> > less overloaded.  If linux-restricted-modules were available somewwhere
> > for svn (or whatever) access, then I suppose I could also try to build
> > l-r-m packages (this could happen after xmas I guess).  
> 
> AIUI, last time I checked, you can't simply compile suspend2 as a "module"
> as it touches a couple small spots in the kernel (correct me if I'm wrong?)

Yeah, there's no build-as-a-module option for Suspend2 at the moment. I
assume Matt is aiming instead to build the normal kernel and associated
paraphenalia, except having it Suspend2 enabled as well.

Regards,

Nigel