__/ [ Jerry McBride ] on Saturday 10 February 2007 19:39 \__
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> Andrew Morton reveals his plans for Linux 2.6.21
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | Following the release of Linux Version 2.6.20 a few days ago
>> | the development phase of the next kernel version has now taken
>> | off. Whereas Linus Torvalds during the last few days has
>> | already integrated some 800 patches into his developer
>> | kernel that will lead to 2.6.21, Andrew Morton has now
>> | informed the kernel developers about his plans for
>> | the next kernel version.
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/85060
>
> Digging around as much as I can... it doesn't look like suspend2 will be
> included in the kernel sources for 2.6.21... Bummer. It works like a charm
> too...
When you mentioned suspend2, then I just knew I came across many howto's. In
fact, a Web search brought up a lot of results, e.g.:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=75443
I'm not sure if there is some addon/glued-on solution that SuSE and Ubuntu
include, but suspension of a machine is said to be a solved problem,
according to something I must have read. Maybe it isn't consistent across
distribution. Maybe it hasn't just made it as a kernel patch, let alone a
patch for Morton's mm-tree.
I think they still concentrate on bugfixing, with the intent of perfecting
the kernel before moving on. Rushing things just leads to errors that are
harder to track later. It's tempting to just add features, bells and
whistles. But it has a cost and danger associated with it, so Linus decided
to stop several months. Think an operating system that is insecure at the
lower levels and thus requires building from scratch or bolting on
pseudo-security on top. Yes, I have a particular O/S in mind. *smile*
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