From ncunningham@cyclades.com Thu Jun 2 23:01:46 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: suspend2-announce@lists.suspend2.net Delivered-To: suspend2-announce@lists.suspend2.net Received: from asclepius.uwa.edu.au (asclepius3.uwa.edu.au [130.95.128.60]) by coolstore.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D8A730EEA for ; Thu, 2 Jun 2005 23:01:46 +1000 (EST) Received: from asclepius.kas (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by asclepius.uwa.edu.au (Postfix) with SMTP id 63606183C61 for ; Thu, 2 Jun 2005 21:01:18 +0800 (WST) Received: from asclepius (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by asclepius.prekas (Postfix) with SMTP id 50360183958 for ; Thu, 2 Jun 2005 21:01:18 +0800 (WST) X-UWA-Client-IP: 203.171.93.254 (EXTERNAL) Received-SPF: none (asclepius: domain of ncunningham@cyclades.com does not designate permitted sender hosts) Received: from cunningham.myip.net.au (unknown [203.171.93.254]) by asclepius.input (Postfix) with ESMTP id A190C183B83 for ; Thu, 2 Jun 2005 21:01:16 +0800 (WST) Received: (qmail 10144 invoked by uid 89); 2 Jun 2005 13:02:36 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?127.0.0.1?) (127.0.0.1) by 0 with SMTP; 2 Jun 2005 13:02:36 -0000 From: Nigel Cunningham To: Suspend2-Announce Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Cycades Message-Id: <1117717355.9140.32.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6-1mdk Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2005 23:02:36 +1000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SpamTest-Info: Profile: Formal (239/050529) X-SpamTest-Info: Profile: Detect Hard [UCS 290904] X-SpamTest-Info: Profile: SysLog X-SpamTest-Info: Profile: Marking Spam - Subject (UCS) [02-08-04] X-SpamTest-Status: Not detected X-SpamTest-Version: SMTP-Filter Version 2.0.0 [0125], KAS/Release X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 03 Jun 2005 08:57:42 +1000 Subject: [Suspend2-announce] 2.1.9 for 2.6.11 and 2.6.12-rc5. X-BeenThere: suspend2-announce@lists.suspend2.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: suspend2-devel@lists.suspend2.net, ncunningham@cyclades.com List-Id: "Suspend2.net announcements" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2005 13:01:47 -0000 Hi all. 2.1.9 is now available on Sourceforge. The .14 test release was a success, so I feel ready to roll a new stable release. Changes since 2.1.8: - New filewriter. For a quick howto, see: http://lists.suspend2.net/lurker/message/20050401.062929.94256a4e.en.html Here's a simpler variation on step 3: dd if=/dev/zero of=my_padding bs=1M count=400 for a 400 megabyte file. Note that the file MUST NOT be sparse. If you follow the instructions given, you'll be safe. - /proc/software_suspend/resume_commandline This provides access to the commandline used when you resumed. Writable so it can be cleared if security is a concern. - Lowlevel code has been sliced, diced and rearranged in order to make adding support for new architectures a little easier. We also rewrote some code, thanks to Johannes for the stack moving idea. PPC code is up to date. Still no working amd64, sorry. - Userspace Userinterface support added. See the wiki for a howto. We're planning on making this the only user-interface component in 2.1.10, so please seek to test/get familiar with it now. - Swapwriter no longer deprecated. I previously announced that the swapwriter would be removed in favour of the filewriter. I've since changed my mind. Instead, support for building Suspend code as modules has been removed. This means that we only add one symbol export, which will make upcoming efforts at merging into mainline a little easier. Regards, Nigel