From owner-freebsd-mobile Thu Dec 10 18:07:55 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA25837 for freebsd-mobile-outgoing; Thu, 10 Dec 1998 18:07:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (ppp-dd.dialup.hilink.com.au [203.2.144.23]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA25830; Thu, 10 Dec 1998 18:07:52 -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 SAA00591; Thu, 10 Dec 1998 18:00:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199812110200.SAA00591@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Warner Losh cc: Mike Smith , current@FreeBSD.ORG, mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADS UP : laptop power-down change In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 10 Dec 1998 18:06:08 MST." <199812110106.SAA65223@harmony.village.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 10 Dec 1998 18:00:28 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > In message <199812102352.PAA01072@dingo.cdrom.com> Mike Smith writes: > : Just a quick warning; the default behaviour of the "halt" flag on APM > : systems is now to halt, not to power down. Use the '-p' flag to halt > : or shutdown (the latter will be added in a moment) to power off. > > Why the change? The current behavior seems right to me. RB_HALT means "halt", while RB_POWEROFF means "power off". On the i386 the two are a little blurred (because you don't normally halt except to power off) - this just restores some consistency. -- \\ 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-mobile" in the body of the message