Re: [PATCH][2.4] acpi S5 poweroff fix

Derek Broughton
2003-04-30T15:02:17Z

From: "Markus Gaugusch" <markus-z+rTbpWsRgbk7+2FdBfRIA@public.gmane.org>

> I think that the prevention of S5 is nonsense.
> echo 5 > /dev/hda will screw up your system much more than echo 5 > sleep.
> Root must know what he's doing. I think that the patch should be applied.

Neither Bruno nor I suggested that there's anything wrong with the patch - I
haven't looked at it, and if I had I doubt I would know any more than I learned
from having read Willy's description. It made sense. However, the reason Willy
gave for actually wanting to _use_ S5 seemed flawed.

derek
(ps. I didn't even need to know that I _could_ echo to /dev/hda :-) Ack!!)