Date: Mon, 9 Mar 1998 17:33:35 -0500 (EST) From: "Bruce M. Walter" <walter@fortean.com> To: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: APM power off (patch) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980309172857.18028A-100000@aries.fortean.com> In-Reply-To: <199803092201.OAA10190@austin.polstra.com>
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On Mon, 9 Mar 1998, John Polstra wrote: > 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. Currently, the -p flag just sets the RB_POWEROFF flag to reboot(). That in turn does nothing ;) There's actually a flaw in halt/reboot -p which causes it to set RB_POWEROFF & RB_HALT in the -p case. I feel as if HALT and POWEROFF are exclusive (ie: halt -p sets halt, but reboot -p does not). The patches I described can be used to enable the -p flag... The howto param from boot gets passed to the callout functions, so drivers can check if it's really their cue to shutdown. - Bruce ======================================================================== || Bruce M. Walter || 107 Timber Hollow Court #335 || || Senior Network Consultant || Chapel Hill, NC 27514 || || Fortean Technologies, Inc. || Tel: 919-967-4766 || || Information Technology Consultants || Fax: 919-967-4395 || ======================================================================== || BSD Unix -- It's not just a job, it's a way of life! || ======================================================================== To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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