swsuspend in arm linux based device

Stephen Hemminger shemminger at linux-foundation.org
Fri Jun 20 23:35:23 CDT 2008


On Fri, 20 Jun 2008 01:58:18 -0700 (PDT)
Gabbar Singh <gabbar_singh_new at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> This is a newbie question, so please bear with me.
> I wish to implement swsuspend/hibernate feature in my arm-linux kernel based handheld device. I wanted to know, is there any documentation for driver writers on how to implement that ?? Or anybody can give me any pointers on how to proceed. Currently the kernel features APM  and standby and resume are working on the board.
> 
> Regards,
> Naren
> 

Did you read Documentation/power/devices.txt in the kernel source. It gives a pretty
detailed explanation. If you are on a pci bus, you probably want to review the code
for pci power management save/restore as well.


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