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Date:      Mon, 14 Dec 1998 17:09:15 +1100
From:      "John Saunders" <john.saunders@scitec.com.au>
To:        "FreeBSD current" <freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        <mobile@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: HEADS UP : laptop power-down change 
Message-ID:  <003001be2728$46d0d9a0$6cb611cb@saruman.scitec.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <199812112115.OAA04520@harmony.village.org>

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> : Now in the subcase that you're running FreeBSD on i386 with no monitor
> : ROM, then I don't what's wrong with making '-h' and '-p' degenerate,
> : ie, they both do the same thing: halt the system and cause a power off.
> 
> Also agreed.
> 
> For a power managed i386 system, I see no benefit from not mapping the
> two to the same thing.

As long as you provide a way for halting without powering down
then I don't really care. I have a power managed machine and I
_do_not_ want it to power down when I halt it.

At least the "-p == power down" and "-h == halt" argument
provides me with both the options I need. Your option removes
the very option that I want, with no replacement mechanism.

Cheers.
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