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From: asami@FreeBSD.ORG (Satoshi Asami)
Subject: Re: kern/7812: APM machines should attempt to power down at halt
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The following reply was made to PR kern/7812; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: asami@FreeBSD.ORG (Satoshi Asami)
To: nsayer@quack.kfu.com
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: kern/7812: APM machines should attempt to power down at halt
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1998 03:40:30 -0700 (PDT)

  * Some laptops and ATX machines can power themselves off under APM
  * control. When such machines are halted, they should at least try
  * to power themselves off if APM events are enabled. If the attempt
  * fails, this code will fall through to the traditional 'press any
  * key to reboot' prompt.
 
 I think this is a bad idea.  We have a whole bunch of boxes that are
 connected to serial consoles.  If they power off at halt, I'll have to 
 drive 50 miles to press the power button. :<
 
 What's wrong with having the user powering the machine off by himself?
 If he's there, he can do it; if he's not, this is just an added
 hassle.  (I can't really think of a reason why you would want to power
 off a machine remotely....)
 
 Satoshi

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