Re: [PATCH 4/29] x86-i8259-shutdown

From: Barry K. Nathan
Date: Wed Jan 26 2005 - 19:25:47 EST


On Wed, Jan 26, 2005 at 08:12:05AM -0700, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> Do you know if there is any deliberate reason Alt-SysRq-O skips
> doing a normal device shutdown work?

I would guess that it's intended for use when things are so messed up
that all you want to do is cut power ASAP. But, that's just a guess.

-Barry K. Nathan <barryn@xxxxxxxxx>

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