Subject: Re: laptop suspend/resume [was: Re: bet laptop for NetBSD?]
To: Steven M. Bellovin <smb@cs.columbia.edu>
From: rudolf <netbsd@eq.cz>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 09/01/2005 19:15:42
Steven M. Bellovin wrote:
> In message <43173440.4010609@eq.cz>, rudolf writes:
>>is the suspend/resume feature you are using described on following page?
>>
>>http://www.netbsd.org/Documentation/power-mgmt/
>>
>>What is happening with the content of RAM during suspend? Is it
>>nessesary to have something in userland event scripts, or 'it just works'?
>>
>
> Yes, that's it, and it mostly just works with APM kernels (but not, as
> far as I know, with ACPI kernels, which is a problem). It uses battery
> power to keep RAM happy.
>
> Btw, I'm a little skeptical of some of the advice on that page. Disk
> technology has improved a lot since 1994; I wonder if the measurements
> are still valid.
>
> --Steven M. Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb
Thanks!
I'll give it a try.
r.