Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 18:10:06 -0600 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: Marcin Dalecki <mdcki@gmx.net>, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.ORG>, Mikhail Teterin <mi+mx@aldan.algebra.com>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: -current unusable after a crash Message-ID: <20021126001003.GA8636@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <3DE2B740.4206206E@mindspring.com> References: <200211250959.39594.mi%2Bmx@aldan.algebra.com> <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1021125102358.33619A-100000@fledge.watson.org> <20021125172445.GA8953@rot13.obsecurity.org> <3DE29DE6.CDD96F3F@mindspring.com> <3DE2AF65.9000502@gmx.net> <3DE2B740.4206206E@mindspring.com>
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In the last episode (Nov 25), Terry Lambert said: > Marcin Dalecki wrote: > > > I don't think this is really possible. > > > > > > I went looking for a generic "application use" CMOS are for this > > > sort of thing a while back, and I was unable to find one. > > > > Well you should please take a look at the "fast boot" option of > > moderately modern BIOS-es. Somthing along those lines went right > > now in to the linux kernel. Seems pretty adequate to me, since you > > would be even able to controll it through the BIOS setup... > > Is there documentation available for this anywhere? The BIOS vendor > documentation, not the Linux source code. http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/resources/specs/simp_bios.asp http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/resources/specs/simp_boot.asp is the best I could find; you'll need a Word doc viewer. It's mainly geared toward detecting boot failure rather than abnormal shutdowns, though. What we need is a matching "Simple Shutdown Flag" variable. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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