Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:24:59 +0000 (UTC) From: Nick Hibma <n_hibma@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r197071 - head/sys/kern Message-ID: <200909101824.n8AIOxJI027277@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: n_hibma Date: Thu Sep 10 18:24:59 2009 New Revision: 197071 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/197071 Log: Add a comment on the consequences of reducing the poweroff delay Modified: head/sys/kern/kern_shutdown.c Modified: head/sys/kern/kern_shutdown.c ============================================================================== --- head/sys/kern/kern_shutdown.c Thu Sep 10 17:27:36 2009 (r197070) +++ head/sys/kern/kern_shutdown.c Thu Sep 10 18:24:59 2009 (r197071) @@ -581,6 +581,10 @@ panic(const char *fmt, ...) /* * Support for poweroff delay. + * + * Please note that setting this delay too short might power off your machine + * before the write cache on your hard disk has been flushed, leading to + * soft-updates inconsistencies. */ #ifndef POWEROFF_DELAY # define POWEROFF_DELAY 5000
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