compiling kernel woes

projkt4 · Apprentice Joined: 17 Dec 2004 Posts: 238

hi all, im trying to compile the 2.6.10-r7 kernel for my toshiba laptop and it hangs pretty bad on startup. i have a thread on that started so im not going to duplicate threads. but i have a question. what is the software suspend(experimental ) option in the kernel config for? also are ACPI and APM mutually exclusive? do i use both or one ? also if anybody can either explain all the options in the frequency scaling poriton of the config or point me to a faq i would be greatly appreciative.
thanks in advance

_never_ · Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 8:50 am Post subject:

Software suspend in Linux is like "Hibernating" in Windows. It saves your RAM contents to your swapspace and then powers down. On next reboot, it will be loaded and your system reappears like you had never turned it off.

APM and ACPI are mutually exclusive. However, you can turn on both. If ACPI is found, it is used. Otherwise Linux falls back to the older APM.

Edit: However, don't use software suspend until reading the kernel documentation! You'll need to read it anyway to get it to work. =)
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projkt4 · Apprentice Joined: 17 Dec 2004 Posts: 238

where is this kernel documentation you are talking about?

_never_ · Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 1:05 am Post subject:

If installed properly, it's in /usr/src/linux/Documentation/power/swsusp.txt. However, the file is rather outdated. Try Google first or search for "swsusp" and "software suspend" here in the forums.
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projkt4 · Apprentice Joined: 17 Dec 2004 Posts: 238

actually i meant the kernel documentation... i cant seem to find it on the gentoo main page

_never_ · Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2005 3:43 am Post subject:

This is part of the kernel documentation, which is located in /usr/src/linux/Documentation.
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