From owner-freebsd-current Wed Aug 29 20:26:59 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from fledge.watson.org (fledge.watson.org [204.156.12.50]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD7F137B40A; Wed, 29 Aug 2001 20:26:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from robert@fledge.watson.org) Received: from fledge.watson.org (fledge.pr.watson.org [192.0.2.3]) by fledge.watson.org (8.11.5/8.11.5) with SMTP id f7U3QpP83959; Wed, 29 Aug 2001 23:26:51 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from robert@fledge.watson.org) Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 23:26:50 -0400 (EDT) From: Robert Watson X-Sender: robert@fledge.watson.org To: Garrett Wollman Cc: Mike Smith , current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADS UP: ACPI CHANGES AFFECTING MOST -CURRENT USERS In-Reply-To: <200108300324.f7U3OfM57201@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII 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 On Wed, 29 Aug 2001, Garrett Wollman wrote: > < 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. Most systems with soft power will perform a hard powerdown if you hold down the power button for a sufficiently long period of time (10 - 20 seconds). Robert N M Watson FreeBSD Core Team, TrustedBSD Project robert@fledge.watson.org NAI Labs, Safeport Network Services To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message