Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:26:01 +0100 (BST) From: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> To: Pegasus Mc Cleaft <ken@mthelicon.com> Cc: =?ISO-8859-15?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?= <des@des.no>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH] Shutdown cooloff feature Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0909291625260.94746@fledge.watson.org> In-Reply-To: <2381D3CBDFB94F36ACFC9146E95AF32D@PegaPegII> References: <4AC141B0.4090705@delphij.net><alpine.BSF.2.00.0909291245080.91454@fledge.watson.org><h9st65$eni$1@ger.gmane.org> <86ws3iexl3.fsf@ds4.des.no><h9t09n$qhl$1@ger.gmane.org> <86ske5gav0.fsf@ds4.des.no> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0909291542190.94746@fledge.watson.org> <2381D3CBDFB94F36ACFC9146E95AF32D@PegaPegII>
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On Tue, 29 Sep 2009, Pegasus Mc Cleaft wrote: >> I could be convinced by an argument that reboot and shutdown -r should be >> the same, and that both should talk to init, which should perform the >> reboot system call. Since init is what runs rc.shutdown, and it already >> knows if it's in multiuser mode (since it defines multiuser mode), it >> should be able to DRT. My belief is that most people who type in "reboot" >> do so thinking it means the same thing as "shutdown -r ". > > I have always used "reboot" to be the nasty "Just pop the reset button" > kind of shutdown. I have a system that hystorically locks up after BSD does > a proper shutdown/reboot and when I am working remotely, after doing many > sync's I call "reboot -nq" (it seems to like that :> ). I suppose in my mind > I have always thought of the reboot command as being a sledge hammer where > "shutdown -r" was the polite version. I wouldent want to loose the > brute-force power of "reboot". Yes -- I think if we made this change, we'd want "-f" to force reboot w/o doing the harder work. Or maybe -or is this, in practice. Robert
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