Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2000 14:08:48 -0700 From: "Brian O'Shea" <boshea@ricochet.net> To: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> Cc: boshea@ricochet.net, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hardware suppported needed by reboot(2) for RB_POWEROFF Message-ID: <20000808140848.E351@beastie.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <200008081715.KAA12467@mass.osd.bsdi.com>; from Mike Smith on Tue, Aug 08, 2000 at 10:15:52AM -0700 References: <20000808093119.C351@beastie.localdomain> <200008081715.KAA12467@mass.osd.bsdi.com>
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On Tue, Aug 08, 2000 at 10:15:52AM -0700, Mike Smith wrote: > > > > What is the interface used by the reboot() system call to power off the > > machine when the RB_POWEROFF flag is set? The man page makes mention of > > hardware support, but doesn't specify what that support is, or how to > > use it. > > That's platform-dependant. On the x86, a conforming APM BIOS is required > (or a device driver with a suitable hook for some other control > interface). apm0: <APM BIOS> on motherboard apm: found APM BIOS v1.2, connected at v1.2 Excellent, thanks. -brian -- Brian O'Shea boshea@ricochet.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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