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Subject: Re: Rebooting/Halting system from kernel module
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On 1/22/12 2:19 AM, geoffrey levand wrote:
> Hi,
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> how would i reboot/halt the system from a kernel module ?

the answer is "that depends"..

do you want to sync the disks first? of just hard reset?