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To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
Subject: Re: HEADS UP : laptop power-down change 
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In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 10 Dec 1998 18:22:09 PST."
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Date: Thu, 10 Dec 1998 21:22:15 -0700
From: Warner Losh <imp@village.org>
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In message <199812110222.SAA00769@dingo.cdrom.com> Mike Smith writes:
: No.  RB_POWEROFF and RB_HALT have very different meanings.  The PC 
: doesn't have a useful means for getting back to the resident firmware, 
: but many other systems do.  That's what RB_HALT is meant to do, while 
: RB_POWEROFF is meant to power the system down.  The two are mutually 
: exclusive.

I know...  halt should turn the machine off.

Warner

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