From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from puffin.external.hp.com (puffin.external.hp.com [192.25.206.4]) by dsl2.external.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 61F27482D for ; Sun, 25 Nov 2001 12:25:52 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <200111251921.MAA02216@puffin.external.hp.com> To: Jan-Benedict Glaw Cc: parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] Power button on 712 In-Reply-To: Message from Jan-Benedict Glaw of "Thu, 22 Nov 2001 14:53:04 +0100." <20011122145304.F23305@lug-owl.de> Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2001 12:21:23 -0700 From: Grant Grundler Sender: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org Errors-To: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: parisc-linux developers list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Jan-Benedict Glaw wrote: > But, after the OS was started, > it's not such a good idea to allow an user to simply fiddle with > the BRS (-> big red switch). While that's true, the intent of the "soft-power" switch was in fact to let a normal user safely power off the system. THe system needs to poll the status of the switch and at some point decide it's time to power off the box. I don't think docs for "soft power" have been published. I have passed necessary information to a few folks who've signed NDAs. grant