Subject: Re: ACPI suspend support.
To: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@shagadelic.org>
From: James Chacon <jmc@NetBSD.org>
List: tech-kern
Date: 01/26/2005 12:10:32
On Wed, Jan 26, 2005 at 09:39:20AM -0800, Jason Thorpe wrote:
>
> On Jan 26, 2005, at 9:21 AM, Hubert Feyrer wrote:
>
> >I could interpret this as running "sync" would put the system in a
> >state where I could also suspend it, but obviously that's not the case
> >any longer, with softdep, and whatever else.
>
> Just running sync is never enough, because the other applications could
> still be writing like gangbusters.
That wasn't the point. What if I have a stable non-busy system? sync(8)
lies currently and doesn't force all data out to the disk...
James