Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 23:26:50 -0400 (EDT) From: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> Cc: Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADS UP: ACPI CHANGES AFFECTING MOST -CURRENT USERS Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1010829232558.76541C-100000@fledge.watson.org> In-Reply-To: <200108300324.f7U3OfM57201@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
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On Wed, 29 Aug 2001, Garrett Wollman wrote: > <<On Wed, 29 Aug 2001 19:58:59 -0700, Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG> said: > > > - I pushed the power button, and my system shut down cleanly! > > > Yes. ACPI brings some useful new features. 8) > > FSVO ``useful''. It's a real PITA to have to physically unplug the > machine when the kernel is wedged rather than have the power button > turn off the power. (The machine in question does not have a reset > switch.) As a sometime developer, I may well have a reason to power > the system off without performing any kind of shutdown. Most systems with soft power will perform a hard powerdown if you hold down the power button for a sufficiently long period of time (10 - 20 seconds). Robert N M Watson FreeBSD Core Team, TrustedBSD Project robert@fledge.watson.org NAI Labs, Safeport Network Services To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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