Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 01:45:10 +1030 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Calin Andrian <calin@ibd.dbio.ro> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: APC BackUPS driver Message-ID: <199801211515.BAA00434@word.smith.net.au> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 21 Jan 1998 09:09:41 %2B0200." <Pine.BSF.3.96.980121085317.5071A-100000@ibd.dbio.ro>
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> > I didn't think there could be any real trouble. I looked through the > standard kernel sources and didn't find any critical devices wanting to do > anything at shutdown. ... apart from all those outstanding disk buffers? > On the other hand, I gave it a moment's thought > about patching kern_shutdown.c but quit really quick. Now that you opened > my eyes I think that maybe it's time to add another option (and list of > routines - or only ONE routine) to at_shutdown. Something like > at_shutdown(func, arg, SHUTDOWN_FOR_REAL) ment specifically for shutting > down power. Er, if I were you I would look at where cpu_shutdown() is called; this is where the APM code cuts the power. -- \\ 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. \\
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