[syslinux] Returning to syslinux bootloader

[H. Peter Anvin]

Ian Kirk wrote:
>> hpa wrote:
>>
>>> The problem is that it wouldn't really work all that well.  It's not
>>> just memory, it's overall machine state, most of which lives in the
>>> hardware.
> 
> How does the hibernate feature in Windows work then?
> 

The hibernate entry and exit path in the OS invokes special handling in 
all the drivers to shut down and reinitialize the relevant hardware.  As 
you may notice, sometimes Windows will simply refuse to hibernate as the 
driver doesn't support it.

	-hpa