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Date:      Tue, 8 Aug 2000 14:08:48 -0700
From:      "Brian O'Shea" <boshea@ricochet.net>
To:        Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org>
Cc:        boshea@ricochet.net, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Hardware suppported needed by reboot(2) for RB_POWEROFF
Message-ID:  <20000808140848.E351@beastie.localdomain>
In-Reply-To: <200008081715.KAA12467@mass.osd.bsdi.com>; from Mike Smith on Tue, Aug 08, 2000 at 10:15:52AM -0700
References:  <20000808093119.C351@beastie.localdomain> <200008081715.KAA12467@mass.osd.bsdi.com>

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On Tue, Aug 08, 2000 at 10:15:52AM -0700, Mike Smith wrote:
> > 
> > What is the interface used by the reboot() system call to power off the
> > machine when the RB_POWEROFF flag is set?  The man page makes mention of
> > hardware support, but doesn't specify what that support is, or how to
> > use it.
> 
> That's platform-dependant.  On the x86, a conforming APM BIOS is required 
> (or a device driver with a suitable hook for some other control 
> interface).

apm0: <APM BIOS> on motherboard
apm: found APM BIOS v1.2, connected at v1.2

Excellent, thanks.

-brian

-- 
Brian O'Shea
boshea@ricochet.net


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