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Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 09:03:20 +0200
From: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz>
To: David Balazic <david.balazic@uni-mb.si>
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Subject: Re: Let init know user wants to shutdown
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Hi!

> > Init should get to know that user pressed power button (so it can do 
> > shutdown and poweroff). Plus, it is nice to let user know that we can 
> > read such event. [I hunted bug for few hours, thinking that kernel 
> > does not get the event at all]. 
> > 
> > Here's patch to do that. Please apply, 
> >                                                                 Pavel 
> 
> Isn't it better to just send the event to userspace , where
> is it caught by apmd ( or whatever has replaced it ).
> Then it can decide what to do about it, instead of dictating
> a shutdown from kernel ( policy alert ;-) )


I'm not dictating policy: init is free to do anything it is configured
to, including /sbin/apmd --button_came or echo "Don't you dare to
plpress that button again".

> 
> 

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The best software in life is free (not shareware)!		Pavel
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