From owner-freebsd-current Sat Dec 12 16:11:58 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA15983 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Sat, 12 Dec 1998 16:11:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (ppp-d9.dialup.hilink.com.au [203.2.144.19]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA15954 for ; Sat, 12 Dec 1998 16:11:49 -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 WAA00877; Fri, 11 Dec 1998 22:22:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199812120622.WAA00877@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: "Stephane E. Potvin" cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [Fwd: HEADS UP : laptop power-down change] In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 11 Dec 1998 14:29:35 EST." <3671729F.9CF2280D@videotron.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1998 22:22:05 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Please format your messages in a fashion conducive to replies if you expect same. > > 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. > > It's not stupid at all in the current context. The majority of us that > have laptop uses i386 compatible processors that don't have the system > monitor you mention. Fine. Please note that we now run on systems that do. Keeping the functional difference between platforms as small as possible is a desirable goal. Notwithstanding this, it is useful to be able to halt rather than shut down an i386 system, and mandating a disable of APM before doing this is not a usable solution. > Changing the behavior of the halt command is > gratuitious in our context and will only break current applications like > kdm (part of kde) that expect the -h flag to shutdown the laptop, not > halting it. At least could you put an option in the kernel config file > until such applications are changed to expect the new flag? No; such options tend to rot. If you're really so concerned about this, it's easier still for you to wrap shutdown in a script to do your translation for you. -- \\ 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-current" in the body of the message