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Date:      Mon, 25 Nov 2002 18:10:06 -0600
From:      Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com>
To:        Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
Cc:        Marcin Dalecki <mdcki@gmx.net>, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.ORG>, Mikhail Teterin <mi+mx@aldan.algebra.com>, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: -current unusable after a crash
Message-ID:  <20021126001003.GA8636@dan.emsphone.com>
In-Reply-To: <3DE2B740.4206206E@mindspring.com>
References:  <200211250959.39594.mi%2Bmx@aldan.algebra.com> <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1021125102358.33619A-100000@fledge.watson.org> <20021125172445.GA8953@rot13.obsecurity.org> <3DE29DE6.CDD96F3F@mindspring.com> <3DE2AF65.9000502@gmx.net> <3DE2B740.4206206E@mindspring.com>

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In the last episode (Nov 25), Terry Lambert said:
> Marcin Dalecki wrote:
> > > I don't think this is really possible.
> > >
> > > I went looking for a generic "application use" CMOS are for this
> > > sort of thing a while back, and I was unable to find one.
> > 
> > Well you should please take a look at the "fast boot" option of
> > moderately modern BIOS-es. Somthing along those lines went right
> > now in to the linux kernel. Seems pretty adequate to me, since you
> > would be even able to controll it through the BIOS setup...
> 
> Is there documentation available for this anywhere?  The BIOS vendor
> documentation, not the Linux source code.

http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/resources/specs/simp_bios.asp
http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/resources/specs/simp_boot.asp 

is the best I could find; you'll need a Word doc viewer.  It's mainly
geared toward detecting boot failure rather than abnormal shutdowns,
though. What we need is a matching "Simple Shutdown Flag" variable.

-- 
	Dan Nelson
	dnelson@allantgroup.com

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