Re: [ACPI] Re: [PATCH] s4bios for 2.5.59 + apci-20030123

Nigel Cunningham (ncunningham@clear.net.nz)
Fri, 07 Feb 2003 08:44:08 +1300


On Fri, 2003-02-07 at 04:37, Pavel Machek wrote:

> No, no. It has to be exactly the same kernel, otherwise you get a nice
> crash (if you are lucky) and ugly data corruption (when you are not);
> there's check to prevent that and panic, however.
>
> That's why I call S4bios more foolproof.

Oh of course; I'm with you. If you're running a different kernel, you
must have had an entirely different context when you suspended. Humble
apologies; I was only thinking about whether the image would
successfully load, not the difference in contents.

Regards,

Nigel

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