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Subject: Re: APM power off (patch) 
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Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 10:05:04 +0900
From: Kazutaka YOKOTA <yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp>
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>> I've uploaded my patch (2.2-stable based) to
>> 
>>  ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/incoming/am-atx-power-off.patch.gz
>> 
>> What was done:
>>  - kernel apm driver now able to power off system
>>  - /sbin/shutdown has new flag `-p' to switch power off after shutdown
>
>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.
>
>It would be nice if all of this stuff could work together????
>
>- Bruce

May I bring your attention to the PAO package:
	http://www.jp.FreeBSD.org/PAO/
which also implements power off via APM.

It is also a good idea to discuss APM issues with hosokawa@freebsd.org
who is knowledgable in this area.

Kazu
yokota@freebsd.org

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