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To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Subject: Re: Let init know user wants to shutdown
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From: John Fremlin <chief@bandits.org>
Date: 18 Apr 2001 21:21:14 +0100
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Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> writes:

> > willing to exercise this power. We would not break compatibility
> > with any std kernel by instead having a apmd send a "reject all"
> > ioctl instead, and so deal with events without having the pressure
> > of having to reject or accept them, and let us remove all the veto
> > code from the kernel driver. Or am I missing something?
> 
> That sounds workable. But the same program could reply to the events
> just as well as issue the ioctl 8)

Having more than one program holding the veto on each event is a bit
of a hassle. Keeping track of "replies" is also a bit of a
hassle. It'd be simpler to let userspace handle everything in line
with e.g. the ACPI power button press, and suspend or turn off the
machine in the normal manner.

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