Hi, On Tue, 3 Aug 2010 21:47:49 -0700 (PDT) david@xxxxxxx wrote: > > Suspend is not an android only concept. The android extensions just > > allow us to aggressively use suspend without loosing (or delaying) > > wakeup events. On the hardware that we shipped we can enter the same > > power mode from idle as we do in suspend, but we still use suspend > > primarily because it stops the monotonic clock and all the timers that > > use it. Changing suspend to behave more like an idle mode, which seems > > to be what you are suggesting, would not buy us anything. > > Ok, If I am understanding you correctly I think this is an important > point. > > What Android calls suspend is not what other linux distros call suspend, > it's just a low-power mode with different wakeup rules. > > Is this correct? I think my laptop (x86-64) uses the same notion of suspend as Android. I am confused now. Android 'suspend' is equivalent to 'echo "mem" > /sys/power/state' Which distros call it "low-power mode with different wakeup rules"? Gentoo doesnt. In KDE/Gnome it's also called suspend or suspend-to-ram iirc. Cheers, Flo _______________________________________________ linux-pm mailing list linux-pm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-pm
