help text: SOFTWARE_SUSPEND doesn't need ACPI
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PATCH 1/1 help text: SOFTWARE_SUSPEND doesn't need ACPI
The note that SOFTWARE_SUSPEND doesn't need APM is helpful, but nowadays the information that it doesn't need ACPI, too, is even more helpful.
Signed-off-by Adrian Bunk <[email protected]>
kernel/power/Kconfig renamed from kernel/power/Kconfig.old +1 -1
@@ -39,11 +39,11 @@ config SOFTWARE_SUSPEND bool "Software Suspend" depends on PM && SWAP && (X86 && (!SMP || SUSPEND_SMP)) || ((FRV || PPC32) && !SMP) ---help--- Enable the possibility of suspending the machine. - It doesn't need APM. + It doesn't need ACPI or APM. You may suspend your machine by 'swsusp' or 'shutdown -z <time>' (patch for sysvinit needed). It creates an image which is saved in your active swap. Upon next boot, pass the 'resume=/dev/swappartition' argument to the kernel to