Date: Mon, 09 Mar 1998 14:01:20 -0800 From: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> To: walter@fortean.com Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: APM power off (patch) Message-ID: <199803092201.OAA10190@austin.polstra.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.980309130831.21185C-100000@callisto.fortean.com> References: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.980309130831.21185C-100000@callisto.fortean.com>
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In article <Pine.BSF.3.95q.980309130831.21185C-100000@callisto.fortean.com>, Bruce M. Walter <walter@fortean.com> wrote: > > The kernel poweroff stuff is important for my UPS work and patches have > been submitted via send-pr for a shutdown queue for a while. I don't > believe they've been committed though. We really need a standard (and > safe) way of requesting the kernel to poweroff the machine. Well, "halt -p" has been around for decades, even if it doesn't currently work. I'd suggest looking at the source for it and seeing what it does. John -- John Polstra jdp@polstra.com John D. Polstra & Co., Inc. Seattle, Washington USA "Self-knowledge is always bad news." -- John Barth To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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