Date: Fri, 06 Feb 1998 20:54:51 -0800 (PST) From: Simon Shapiro <shimon@simon-shapiro.org> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, Calin Andrian <calin@ibd.dbio.ro>, John Fieber <jfieber@indiana.edu> Subject: Re: Powering off the system/UPS Message-ID: <XFMail.980206205451.shimon@simon-shapiro.org> In-Reply-To: <199802071457.GAA00739@dingo.cdrom.com>
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On 07-Feb-98 Mike Smith wrote: ... > - Other UPS systems are stupid, and with those the correct course to > take is to reboot, and wait early in the boot phase (well before > filesystems are mounted) until the line power comes back. To do > this, you need a driver. Aside from RO mount of /, do not all mounts happen from /etc/rc, which is in userland. Irregardless, I think kernel drivers are much cooler than silly userland daemons :-) ---------- Sincerely Yours, Simon Shapiro Shimon@Simon-Shapiro.ORG Voice: 503.799.2313
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