Re: The end of TuxOnIce.

On 1 November 2011 09:08, Nigel Cunningham <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi everyone.
>
> It's ten years since I started working on improving Linux hibernation.
> Doesn't time fly?
>
> In that time, the in-kernel implementation has slowly improved, as has
> TuxOnIce. While the in-kernel implementation still has a reasonable way
> to go in some areas, some of the work Rafael, Bojan and others have
> contributed over the last year or two has made it significantly better.
> At the same time, other work has significantly improved boot time
> without hibernation.
>
> In addition to the developments in the kernel, my life has changed a
> lot. I'm now focusing much more on Drupal development, and have
> struggled for a long time to find the time and motivation to put into
> TuxOnIce after other demands on me get their share of attention.
>
> I'm therefore writing to let you all know that I'm planning on calling
> it a day. Before I do that, however, I'd like to get the input of
> others. Does my evaluation of things sound fair to you? Can anyone make
> an argument for not stopping development of TuxOnIce?
>
> In His service and yours,
>
> Nigel
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Hi Nigel,

I've been using TuxOnIce for 3 or 4 years now and I find it excellent.
Personally I still feel a lot of "lag" when I use the in kernel
implementation, which is the main reason I started using TuxOnIce.

Having said that, I feel it would be extremely selfish to ask you to
continue to support ToI when I do not have the time or the skils to do
it myself. Follow your feelings and instict, even if they are telling
you to end ToI.

It would be great if Rafael and the other pm developers could have a
good look at ToI and see what's missing in the kernel. My long term
dream is to have ToI merged. The reason for this is that I like to try
new kernels when they are still in the -rc phase, and many times it
breaks something in ToI.

Thank you very much for your hard effort and the energy you have put
into ToI. It was and is much appreciated.

Regards,
Pedro


PS: Does the in kernel hibernate still have the 1/2 memory image size
limitation?