Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:04:37 +0100 From: "Pegasus Mc Cleaft" <ken@mthelicon.com> To: "Robert Watson" <rwatson@freebsd.org>, =?UTF-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH] Shutdown cooloff feature Message-ID: <2381D3CBDFB94F36ACFC9146E95AF32D@PegaPegII> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0909291542190.94746@fledge.watson.org> References: <4AC141B0.4090705@delphij.net><alpine.BSF.2.00.0909291245080.91454@fledge.watson.org><h9st65$eni$1@ger.gmane.org> <86ws3iexl3.fsf@ds4.des.no><h9t09n$qhl$1@ger.gmane.org> <86ske5gav0.fsf@ds4.des.no> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0909291542190.94746@fledge.watson.org>
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> I could be convinced by an argument that reboot and shutdown -r should be
> the
> same, and that both should talk to init, which should perform the reboot
> system call. Since init is what runs rc.shutdown, and it already knows if
> it's in multiuser mode (since it defines multiuser mode), it should be
> able to
> DRT. My belief is that most people who type in "reboot" do so thinking it
> means the same thing as "shutdown -r ".
>
> Robert N M Watson
> Computer Laboratory
> University of Cambridge
I have always used "reboot" to be the nasty "Just pop the reset button"
kind of shutdown. I have a system that hystorically locks up after BSD does
a proper shutdown/reboot and when I am working remotely, after doing many
sync's I call "reboot -nq" (it seems to like that :> ). I suppose in my mind
I have always thought of the reboot command as being a sledge hammer where
"shutdown -r" was the polite version. I wouldent want to loose the
brute-force power of "reboot".
Peg
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