Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1998 01:52:05 -0600 (CST) From: Kevin Day <toasty@home.dragondata.com> To: mike@smith.net.au (Mike Smith) Cc: imp@village.org, mike@smith.net.au, current@FreeBSD.ORG, mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADS UP : laptop power-down change Message-ID: <199812120752.BAA07702@home.dragondata.com> In-Reply-To: <199812120614.WAA00825@dingo.cdrom.com> from Mike Smith at "Dec 11, 1998 10:14:19 pm"
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> > But the i386 code doesn't *HAVE* a rom monitor to drop back into... > > We just go into a loop that says press any key to reboot. Not exactly > > useful. The apm code is i386 specific, by definition. > > The APM code is i386 specific, and the Sun power-management code > (should it exist) would be Sparc specific, and if there's an Alpha box > with power control, code for that will be Alpha-specific. > So what? Power down means power down. Halt means halt. The two are > different things, even if one or the other doesn't have a significant > meaning in a given special case. There are good reasons to halt an > i386 system rather than power cycle it, even if APM is active. > One good use: When changing some pcmcia cards that must be present at bootup for me to use, I: shutdown -h put the card in press a key to reboot. I don't want it to power off in this case. Can we please not make -h power off? :) Kevin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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