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Date:      Fri, 17 Apr 2009 23:07:26 +0300
From:      Kostik Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com>
To:        Nate Lawson <nate@root.org>
Cc:        sclark46@earthlink.net, freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au>, Andriy Gapon <avg@icyb.net.ua>
Subject:   Re: 6.x acpi powerbutton
Message-ID:  <20090417200726.GG3014@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua>
In-Reply-To: <49E8D824.1000001@root.org>
References:  <49DE1F8B.2080400@earthlink.net> <49DE2E6D.5050001@icyb.net.ua> <49DE596E.2050406@earthlink.net> <49DEFF53.1040306@icyb.net.ua> <49DF7A1C.90009@root.org> <20090418043432.O34434@sola.nimnet.asn.au> <49E8D824.1000001@root.org>

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On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 12:27:32PM -0700, Nate Lawson wrote:
> Ian Smith wrote:
> > Perhaps a silly question, but is it too late at this stage of the game=
=20
> > to try logging S5 events to syslog before dying?  I agree with Stephen,=
=20
> > logging 'shutdown by powerbutton' surely beats what might otherwise=20
> > resemble a spontaneous reboot?  Or is something already logged here?
>=20
> I'm not resisting this, but I'm having trouble seeing the importance.
> What happens differently than if someone hits CTRL-ALT-DEL on a virtual
> console?

Actually, this is quite reasonable feature. Quite often, machines
do not have physical consoles, or C-A-D is disabled. On the other
hand, power button is quite easy to be pressed by mistake by passing
staff.

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