S4 & Partitions

[Larry Maloney]

I was hoping to implement ACPI S4 on my workstation. I
have read through the mailing list, and I am confused
as to the requirments for S4.

Do I need a partition designated to dump my memory for
S4 to resume?

My system is a VIA C3 based system, and is a
workstation,  not a laptop.

acpiconfig shows that I can do S1,S4 and S5.

When I execute apiconfig -s S4 (or S4OS or S4BIOS) the
system appears to write something to disk, then
shutsdown  just fine.

However, when I restart, the system does a normal boot
up sequence.

I haven't created a parition, and I haven't seen any
instructions in the FreeBSD that said I should create
a partition.

May I should just look at the acpiconf code.... :)

I guess most people who use acpi are laptop users, and
the mailing list threads seem to be from laptop users
who have pre-configured disk partitions from the
laptop manufacturer.

So, back to the question, is it mandatory or not to
have a dedication resume partition defined on my disk?

Thank you.

Larry P. Maloney



		
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