From 7d1d5e16da6f1b37b3e0c16adf44b8e305e1e5db Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Ludovic=20Court=C3=A8s?= Date: Fri, 19 May 2023 17:04:06 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] doc: Clarify instructions for hibernation on a swap file. Fixes . * doc/guix.texi (Swap Space): Change 'resume' argument to a device in example; add comments. Update sentence describing 'resume' and 'resume_offset'. --- doc/guix.texi | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index b40870f42b..f4cca66d76 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -17580,14 +17580,15 @@ hibernation via the @code{resume} kernel argument file-systems))))) (kernel-arguments - (cons* "resume=/swapfile" - "resume_offset=92514304" + (cons* "resume=/dev/sda3" ;device that holds /swapfile + "resume_offset=92514304" ;offset of /swapfile on device %default-kernel-arguments)) @end lisp This other snippet of @code{operating-system} enables the swap file -@file{/swapfile} for hibernation by telling the kernel about the file -(@code{resume} argument) and its offset on disk (@code{resume_offset} +@file{/swapfile} for hibernation by telling the kernel about the +partition containing it +(@code{resume} argument) and its offset on that partition (@code{resume_offset} argument). The latter value can be found in the output of the command @command{filefrag -e} as the first number right under the @code{physical_offset} column header (the second command extracts its