<s>
swsusp	B-Application
(	O
Software	O
Suspend	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
kernel	B-Operating_System
feature	O
(	O
i.e.	O
,	O
program	O
)	O
which	O
is	O
part	O
of	O
power	O
management	O
framework	O
in	O
the	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
kernel	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
default	O
suspend	O
framework	O
as	O
of	O
kernel	B-Operating_System
3.8	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SWSUSP	B-Application
helps	O
to	O
drive	O
the	O
system	O
to	O
a	O
low	O
power	O
state	O
(	O
called	O
suspend	O
)	O
when	O
not	O
actively	O
used	O
,	O
while	O
providing	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
return	O
to	O
the	O
same	O
state	O
as	O
before	O
suspend	O
(	O
called	O
resume/restore	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
3.8	O
Swsusp	B-Application
provides	O
the	O
following	O
options	O
under	O
suspend	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
enable	O
swsusp	B-Application
,	O
the	O
following	O
should	O
be	O
selected	O
during	O
kernel	B-Operating_System
configuration	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
/dev/resume_partition	O
needs	O
to	O
be	O
replaced	O
by	O
the	O
actual	O
swap	B-Architecture
partition	I-Architecture
that	O
is	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
for	O
suspending	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
swsusp	B-Application
lacks	O
compression	O
and	O
graphical	O
progress	O
indication	O
,	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
provided	O
through	O
Uswsusp	B-Application
.	O
</s>
