Re: [PATCH -mm 4/6] swsusp: Add resume_offset command line parameter

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Hi!

> > > Add the kernel command line parameter "resume_offset=" allowing us to specify
> > > the offset, in <PAGE_SIZE> units, from the beginning of the partition pointed
> > > to by the "resume=" parameter at which the swap header is located.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <[email protected]>
> > 
> > Okay, I'd prefer not to add aditional features to in-kernel swsusp,
> > but this is just not big enough to reject.
> > 
> > ACK.
> > 
> > (What is the solution for uswsusp?)
> 
> We need an additional ioctl to set both the swap partition and "resume offset"
> at a time (the one we currently have allows us only to set the partition and I
> don't want to change it because of the backwards compatibility, but I think
> I'll change its name ;-) ).
> 
> I'd like to add this ioctl along with the one needed to support the "platform"
> method of powering off, because it will require some similar documentation
> changes (most importantly, the description of the interface in
> Documentation/ABI which I'd like to add once and not to tamper with
> afterwards).

Ok, agreed.
								Pavel
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