From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Mar 15 15: 4:44 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from arnold.neland.dk (mail.neland.dk [194.255.12.232]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3922F14F62 for ; Mon, 15 Mar 1999 15:04:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from leifn@neland.dk) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by arnold.neland.dk (8.9.3/8.9.1) with ESMTP id AAA02700; Tue, 16 Mar 1999 00:02:41 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from leifn@swimsuit.internet.dk) Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 00:02:41 +0100 (CET) From: Leif Neland X-Sender: leifn@arnold.neland.dk To: Steve Passe Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: power-off without halt In-Reply-To: <199903151655.JAA28147@Ilsa.StevesCafe.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 15 Mar 1999, Steve Passe wrote: > Hi, > > We are looking at using FreeBSD as an "embedded OS" inside a line > of instruments we are building. I think I have a handle on all the > issues except how to cleanly handle shutdown where there is no > console, and thus no way to send a 'halt' command. The requirement > is that the user can merely turn off the power, nothing more required. > Could you use a "soft power off" ? An "off" pushbutton, wired to NMI, which triggered a shutdown, and then turned off a relay? leif@neland.dk To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message