From owner-freebsd-current Wed Aug 29 20:24:46 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu (khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu [18.24.4.193]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 001EE37B405; Wed, 29 Aug 2001 20:24:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu) Received: (from wollman@localhost) by khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu (8.11.4/8.11.4) id f7U3OfM57201; Wed, 29 Aug 2001 23:24:41 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from wollman) Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 23:24:41 -0400 (EDT) From: Garrett Wollman Message-Id: <200108300324.f7U3OfM57201@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> To: Mike Smith Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: HEADS UP: ACPI CHANGES AFFECTING MOST -CURRENT USERS In-Reply-To: <200108300258.f7U2wxq06147@mass.dis.org> References: <200108300258.f7U2wxq06147@mass.dis.org> Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG < said: > - I pushed the power button, and my system shut down cleanly! > Yes. ACPI brings some useful new features. 8) FSVO ``useful''. It's a real PITA to have to physically unplug the machine when the kernel is wedged rather than have the power button turn off the power. (The machine in question does not have a reset switch.) As a sometime developer, I may well have a reason to power the system off without performing any kind of shutdown. -GAWollman To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message