From owner-freebsd-current Fri Dec 11 00:02:16 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA02074 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Fri, 11 Dec 1998 00:02:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (ppp-d2.dialup.hilink.com.au [203.2.144.12]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA02067 for ; Fri, 11 Dec 1998 00:02:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA00468; Thu, 10 Dec 1998 23:59:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199812110759.XAA00468@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Warner Losh cc: Mike Smith , current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADS UP : laptop power-down change In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 10 Dec 1998 21:22:15 MST." <199812110422.VAA65796@harmony.village.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 10 Dec 1998 23:59:39 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > 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. halt(8) does a variety of things. In one case, it will turn the machine off. In another, it will return the system to the boot monitor. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message