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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.

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\\  sometimes you're behind.      \\  mike@smith.net.au
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