On Fri, 2020-04-17 at 13:21 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 4/17/20 9:13 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > On Fri, 2020-04-17 at 15:37 +0000, Sreyan Chakravarty wrote: > > > > On Thu, 2020-04-16 at 17:12 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote: > > > > > > > > It has to be a partition. A file can be on any kind of filesystem, so > > > > how would the resume function know what to do? > > > > > > > > From systemd-hibernate-resume(8): > > > > > > > > systemd-hibernate-resume@.service initiates the resume from > > > > hibernation. It is > > > > instantiated with the device to resume from as the template argument. > > > > > > > > systemd-hibernate-resume only supports the in-kernel hibernation > > > > implementation, known as > > > > swsusp[1]. Internally, it works by writing the major:minor of specified > > > > device node to > > > > /sys/power/resume. > > > > > > If you see the documentation about swsusp here: > > > https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/power/swsusp.txt > > > > > > It clearly states you can use a swap file. > > > > > > Now I am confused as to why you say a swap file won't work. > > > > From bootparam(8): > > > > 'resume=...' > > This tells the kernel the location of the suspend-to-disk > > data that you want the machine to resume from after hibernation. > > Usually, it is the same as your swap partition or file. Example: > > > > resume=/dev/hda2 > > > > There is no corresponding entry for resume_offset. I don't know if that's > > because Fedora doesn't support it. > > From the header of that man page, it's an "introduction to boot time > parameters", not an exhaustive summary. As far as I can tell, it is > valid to use a swap file for hibernation. That parameter is in the > kernel. You just need to get the right offset to the file. > > I've learned something new which might actually be useful at some point.
If that's the case then the man page for systemd-hibernate-resume is wrong. poc _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org
