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> On Friday 14 May 2004 4:36 pm, lbios_kk at redfenix.com wrote:
> 
> > I'm not necessarily talking about handling a suspend or low-power
> mode. 
> > I'm talking about copying the memory to disk, then powering off. 
> Then,
> > upon power-on next time, reload the memory state, re-init peripherals
> and
> > go!
> 
> I can't help feeling that it's a bit simplistic to just say "re-init 
> peripherals" like that.   Some peripherals can have quite a complex
> state 
> associated with them, and just re-initialising them as though you were 
> starting from power-up may not make the O/S happy when it finds itself
> back 
> in control after the hibernation is over?
> 
> There has to be some O/S involvement in going into, and returning from, 
> hibernation mode - the question for LinuxBIOS is "how much of a task is
> left 
> over once you take out what the Linux kernel can already do for itself?"
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Antony.
> 
> -- 
> Microsoft may sell more software than any other company, but McDonald's
> sell 
> more burgers than any other company, and I think the other similarities
> are 
> obvious...
> 
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