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Date:      Fri, 17 Apr 2009 13:30:27 -0700
From:      Nate Lawson <nate@root.org>
To:        Kostik Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com>
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:  <49E8E6E3.40304@root.org>
In-Reply-To: <20090417200726.GG3014@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua>
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Kostik Belousov wrote:
> 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 
>>> to try logging S5 events to syslog before dying?  I agree with Stephen, 
>>> logging 'shutdown by powerbutton' surely beats what might otherwise 
>>> resemble a spontaneous reboot?  Or is something already logged here?
>> 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.

Sure. Perhaps Andriy will pick up this task after reworking the suspend
path code for S5? It seems related.

-- 
Nate



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