Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 09:25:53 -0500 (EST) From: John Fieber <jfieber@indiana.edu> To: Calin Andrian <calin@ibd.dbio.ro> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Powering off the system/UPS Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980206092018.9421F-100000@fallout.campusview.indiana.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980206093613.15309A-100000@ibd.dbio.ro>
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On Fri, 6 Feb 1998, Calin Andrian wrote: > I followed all your mail about how to patch the kernel. I seems that the > solution that would satisfy (more or less) everybody would be an extra > list for at_shutdown where both apm and ups drivers can insert callbacks. > (the way I patched my system's kernel - haha). Maybe I missed it in the thread, but why it is a Good Thing to put UPS support in the kernel as opposed to a purely user mode daemon that monitors the UPS and does the Right Thing, like shutdown(8), when things get to a critical state? -john
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