Date: Thu, 10 Dec 1998 18:00:28 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, current@FreeBSD.ORG, mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADS UP : laptop power-down change Message-ID: <199812110200.SAA00591@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 10 Dec 1998 18:06:08 MST." <199812110106.SAA65223@harmony.village.org>
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> In message <199812102352.PAA01072@dingo.cdrom.com> Mike Smith writes: > : Just a quick warning; the default behaviour of the "halt" flag on APM > : systems is now to halt, not to power down. Use the '-p' flag to halt > : or shutdown (the latter will be added in a moment) to power off. > > Why the change? The current behavior seems right to me. RB_HALT means "halt", while RB_POWEROFF means "power off". On the i386 the two are a little blurred (because you don't normally halt except to power off) - this just restores some consistency. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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