[ltp] swsusp vs. Hibernate?

[Matthew Garrett]

On Thu, Nov 10, 2005 at 08:58:07AM -0500, Aaron Mulder wrote:

> This is totally subjective, but it doesn't seem like the normal kernel
> implementation attempts to shrink only until it fits in the available
> swap space.  It seems to try to shrink as much as it possibly can and
> then goes and applies whatever it's left with to swap space.  So
> adding more swap space doesn't seem likely to shorten the "shrinking"
> cycle.  Am I wrong?

That's correct, yes. The in-kernel code doesn't attempt to shrink to hit 
a target - it'll free as much RAM as possible.

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