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New Linux Version will Reduce Suspend/Resume times

posted by LaminatorX on Monday March 24 2014, @12:00AM   Printer-friendly
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janrinok writes:

From an ARS Technica story:

Linux 3.15, expected to be released in mid-2014, "will feature a large number of ACPI and power management updates" and allow Linux-based computers to suspend and resume faster, Phoronix reported today.

'Visible to users with the Linux 3.15 kernel should be reduced time for system suspend and resuming, thanks to the enabling of more asynchronous threads,' the article said, pointing to a list of changes posted by Rafael Wysocki, an Intel employee who maintains the Linux kernel's core power management code. Basic support for Nvidia's Maxwell architecture is also in the works for Linux 3.15.

 
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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by omoc on Monday March 24 2014, @04:17AM

    by omoc (39) on Monday March 24 2014, @04:17AM (#20132)

    It's fast, I can second that. I close my notebook, ~2 sec its suspended; I open it, ~2 sec and I'm back (archlinux, Sandy-Bridge graphics). Never had any problems with all-Intel systems and I thought this would be normal with other hardware as well in 2014 :P

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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by Grishnakh on Monday March 24 2014, @08:52AM

    by Grishnakh (2831) on Monday March 24 2014, @08:52AM (#20184)

    This is the same experience I have with my Dell E6400 laptop (all-Intel). I wonder if the people complaining have systems with non-Intel hardware.

    If this makes it even faster, that's great. But resuming in Linux is already much faster on my ~5-6-year-old laptop than on my newer work-issued E6420 with Win7, which takes 2-3 times as long and flashes the screen many times too.