[LinuxBIOS] alix1c

Marc Jones Marc.Jones at AMD.com
Mon Nov 19 18:34:13 CET 2007


Jordan Crouse wrote:
> On 17/11/07 21:45 -0700, Jordan Crouse wrote:
>   
>> On 18/11/07 03:18 +0100, Peter Stuge wrote:
>>     
>>> On Sat, Nov 17, 2007 at 09:14:46PM -0500, Tom Sylla wrote:
>>>       
>>>>> Does anyone know what can be done to appease the hardware into
>>>>> _not_ shutting down even though pwrbtn is held pressed from boot?
>>>>>           
>>>> See this:
>>>> http://www.linuxbios.org/pipermail/linuxbios/2007-October/025978.html
>>>> and its thread.
>>>>         
>>> Thanks for even digging it up for me!
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>>>> LB is programming the power button to shut down after 4 seconds. If
>>>> you don't want it to shut down *don't do that* :)
>>>>         
>>> Check. :)
>>>
>>> I think I will add a new option for this.
>>>       
>> Be careful with that - the failsafe is generally considered be a pretty
>> valuable addition.  I can't think of any pratical reasons why you would
>> want to not have the failsafe.
>>     
>
> I stand corrected - there are indeed some good reasons why you want the 
> power button wired to ground.  Carry on.
>
> Jordan
>
>   
Yes, there are some no power button (instant on) implementations that 
are interesting for Geode systems. Peter's patch will be a good addition.
Marc

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