Re: [patch 4/4] Add common orderly_poweroff()

[Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org>]

On Tuesday 08 May 2007 16:51, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
> Various pieces of code around the kernel want to be able to trigger an
> orderly poweroff.  This pulls them together into a single
> implementation.
> 
> By default the poweroff command is /sbin/poweroff, but it can be set
> via sysctl: kernel/poweroff_cmd.  This is split at whitespace, so it
> can include command-line arguments.
> 
> This patch replaces four other instances of invoking either "poweroff"
> or "shutdown -h now": one sparc64, two sbus drivers, and acpi thermal
> management.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xensource.com>
> Cc: Chris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
> Cc: Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org>

Re: the ACPI parts
Acked-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>

thanks,
-Len
 
> Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> Cc: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
> 
> ---
>  arch/sparc64/kernel/power.c     |   40 +------------------------------
>  drivers/acpi/thermal.c          |   24 +-----------------
>  drivers/sbus/char/bbc_envctrl.c |    5 +--
>  drivers/sbus/char/envctrl.c     |    7 +----
>  include/linux/reboot.h          |    5 +++
>  include/linux/sysctl.h          |    1
>  kernel/sys.c                    |   50 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  kernel/sysctl.c                 |   10 +++++++
>  8 files changed, 74 insertions(+), 68 deletions(-)