Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 09:00:39 -0500 From: sbabkin@dcn.att.com To: walter@fortean.com, am@amsoft.ru Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: APM power off (patch) Message-ID: <C50B6FBA632FD111AF0F0000C0AD71EE4132E4@dcn71.dcn.att.com>
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> ---------- > From: Andrew Maltsev[SMTP:am@amsoft.ru] > > > > So, step 8) should be: > > > 8) reboot or power off, whatever requested. > > > > Well, I'm actually proposing it's taken out of the kernel (step 8) > and put > > into the callout functions (step 5). The implementation of the > > To say the truth I see no _big_ advantages in moving that code out of > kernel.. to me it looks like a bit ``perfectionistic'' improvement.. > which should be done, but.. > It allows to hook easily any driver for any hardware for this function. Considering that there is at least more than one UPS command set and also laptops etc. it will be highly useful not to hack the kernel every time but just write appropriate code in the driver. -SB who added once the power off function to SCO 3.2.2 by hacking the kernel binaries :-) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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