diff options
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/power/states.txt | 12 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/power/states.txt b/Documentation/power/states.txt index 34800cc521bf..4416b28630df 100644 --- a/Documentation/power/states.txt +++ b/Documentation/power/states.txt | |||
| @@ -62,12 +62,12 @@ setup via another operating system for it to use. Despite the | |||
| 62 | inconvenience, this method requires minimal work by the kernel, since | 62 | inconvenience, this method requires minimal work by the kernel, since |
| 63 | the firmware will also handle restoring memory contents on resume. | 63 | the firmware will also handle restoring memory contents on resume. |
| 64 | 64 | ||
| 65 | For suspend-to-disk, a mechanism called swsusp called 'swsusp' (Swap | 65 | For suspend-to-disk, a mechanism called 'swsusp' (Swap Suspend) is used |
| 66 | Suspend) is used to write memory contents to free swap space. | 66 | to write memory contents to free swap space. swsusp has some restrictive |
| 67 | swsusp has some restrictive requirements, but should work in most | 67 | requirements, but should work in most cases. Some, albeit outdated, |
| 68 | cases. Some, albeit outdated, documentation can be found in | 68 | documentation can be found in Documentation/power/swsusp.txt. |
| 69 | Documentation/power/swsusp.txt. Alternatively, userspace can do most | 69 | Alternatively, userspace can do most of the actual suspend to disk work, |
| 70 | of the actual suspend to disk work, see userland-swsusp.txt. | 70 | see userland-swsusp.txt. |
| 71 | 71 | ||
| 72 | Once memory state is written to disk, the system may either enter a | 72 | Once memory state is written to disk, the system may either enter a |
| 73 | low-power state (like ACPI S4), or it may simply power down. Powering | 73 | low-power state (like ACPI S4), or it may simply power down. Powering |
