Re: System halted (Linux 2.0) versus Power down (Linux 2.2)

1999-10-20 Thread Ethan Benson
On 20/10/99 Keith Harbaugh wrote: So why does shutdown branch through ...POWER_OFF rather than ...HALT? At least under a Debian 2.1 (slink)/Linux 2.2.12 combination. if you compile support for APM and activate the power down on shutdown then if your hardware supports software power off contro

Re: System halted (Linux 2.0) versus Power down (Linux 2.2)

1999-10-20 Thread William T Wilson
On Wed, 20 Oct 1999, Keith Harbaugh wrote: > Can any kernel gurus out there explain why the final message the kernel > gives upon system shutdown changed from > System halted > in Linux 2.0 to > Power down > in Linux 2.2? I'm going to bet this was done to allow the kernel to automatic

System halted (Linux 2.0) versus Power down (Linux 2.2)

1999-10-20 Thread Keith Harbaugh
Can any kernel gurus out there explain why the final message the kernel gives upon system shutdown changed from System halted in Linux 2.0 to Power down in Linux 2.2? For specificity here is the relevant code from kernel/sys.c for 2.2.12 (pardon me for sending this through the mail