From owner-freebsd-mobile Fri Dec 11 00:06:16 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA02381 for freebsd-mobile-outgoing; Fri, 11 Dec 1998 00:06:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (ppp-d2.dialup.hilink.com.au [203.2.144.12]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA02376; Fri, 11 Dec 1998 00:06:10 -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 AAA00533; Fri, 11 Dec 1998 00:03:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199812110803.AAA00533@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 22:16:04 MST." <199812110516.WAA66364@harmony.village.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1998 00:03:55 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > : Why the change? The current behavior seems right to me. > > Actually, rather than argue this into the ground, would you object to > my implementing a > > options APM_MAP_HALT_TO_POWER_OFF > > and checking it in to apm.c and LINT? Yes. There is a perfectly good set of run-time options which allow you to determine at any time whether you want to power-off or halt; having a kernel option override this would be stupid. -- \\ 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