Date: Fri, 04 Jul 2025 07:56:31 +0100 From: "Tom Jones" <thj@freebsd.org> To: "Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net> Cc: src-committers@freebsd.org, dev-commits-src-all@freebsd.org, dev-commits-src-main@freebsd.org Subject: Re: git: d72c74a6c52c - main - loader: Add halt as an alias to poweroff machine Message-ID: <0b50729a-eada-415a-9721-11d77365c4ee@app.fastmail.com> In-Reply-To: <33914q1n-2s92-q345-7r4r-r276ooo9r7s5@yvfgf.mnoonqbm.arg> References: <202507040647.5646lMbN055851@gitrepo.freebsd.org> <33914q1n-2s92-q345-7r4r-r276ooo9r7s5@yvfgf.mnoonqbm.arg>
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On Fri, Jul 4, 2025, at 07:50, Bjoern A. Zeeb wrote: > On Fri, 4 Jul 2025, Tom Jones wrote: > >> The branch main has been updated by thj: >> >> URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=d72c74a6c52cd382c5aaf8f28b5f94e102140a6d >> >> commit d72c74a6c52cd382c5aaf8f28b5f94e102140a6d >> Author: Tom Jones <thj@FreeBSD.org> >> AuthorDate: 2025-07-04 06:37:19 +0000 >> Commit: Tom Jones <thj@FreeBSD.org> >> CommitDate: 2025-07-04 06:37:31 +0000 >> >> loader: Add halt as an alias to poweroff machine >> >> Add halt as an alias to also poweroff a machine from the loader prompt, >> this is consistent with ddb. > > Would it make sense to add an alias 'reset' for 'reboot' as well? > > I think ddb is the only one using reset, everything else uses reboot > (kind-of makes sense but still is confusing). > I'd be more temped to add reboot to ddb than reset to loader. I think every time I get unknown command from ddb trying to reboot I just halt the machine - I'm not sure I knew there was a reset command. I'm happy to make the command sets for these tools more consistent its very jarring for these commands to not work. - Tom
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