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From: Ben de Groot <yngwin@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev <gentoo-dev@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: sys-kernel/tuxonice-sources up for grabs
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2013 04:06:55
Message-Id: CAB9SyzSPccpR_Yez4xFocLFcspgjb2yyWeuiQP66y11_O6a61A@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: sys-kernel/tuxonice-sources up for grabs by Ian Stakenvicius
1 On 23 September 2013 08:14, Ian Stakenvicius <axs@g.o> wrote:
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5 > On 21/09/13 08:21 PM, Rick "Zero_Chaos" Farina wrote:
6 >> On 09/21/2013 08:44 AM, Pacho Ramos wrote:
7 >>> El sáb, 21-09-2013 a las 14:42 +0200, Pacho Ramos escribió:
8 >>>> I don't have time for it for a long time (since I switched to
9 >>>> official suspend time ago and moved back to gentoo-sources
10 >>>> then), updated patches are periodically generated and put at:
11 >>>> http://tuxonice.nigelcunningham.com.au/downloads/all/?C=M&O=D
12 >>>>
13 >>>> Feel free to get it if you want
14 >>
15 >>> It goes with tuxonice-userui
16 >>
17 >>
18 >>
19 >> Is any of this really needed anymore? I suspend/hibernate/resume
20 >> with gentoo-sources and hardened-sources.... Does it really make
21 >> sense to hold on to tuxonice still?
22 >>
23 >> -Zero
24 >>
25 >
26 > Admittedly I haven't looked into this, but I believe tuxonice-sources
27 > is still required if you wish to use a hibernation file rather than a
28 > swap partition. There are numerous other features to, iirc, that
29 > users may want that the kernel just doesn't offer.
30 >
31 >
32
33 Tux-on-ice patches are also included in pf-sources, so those who want
34 it can get it that way. Then we may not need to maintain separate
35 tuxonice-sources.
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38 --
39 Cheers,
40
41 Ben | yngwin
42 Gentoo developer