Bill Studenmund wrote:
> 
> > >If you're machine(s) is/are not doing this, then you've found a bug
> > >(albeit, a somewhat known one).  Please send a PR about it.  However, it
> > >is safe to manually power off a machine even if it has hung during a
> > >'shutdown -h' as long as the disks have finished syncing.  If the disks do
> > >not sync, it might be better to reboot, run fsck, do a 'reboot -n',  and
> > >then shutdown from the MacOS.
> > >
> > > 
> > since what version has this function been enabled? it doesn't work with
> > GENERIC#1 1.2 on my IIvx, and i don't think it works with GENERICSBC#26
> > either. i get a nice message on the screen (just exited netbsd, hasn't
> > cleared the screen yet or anything) that tells me that the system is safe
> > to shut off now. i'll try some other kernels, see if they do the same
> > thing. i never got the machine to softpower itself down while in NetBSD. it
> > does in MacOS, though.
> 
> It works on machines with Great ADB support. The IIsi (and I guess the IIvx)
> don't fit into that category w/ MRG_ADB.
> 

By Jove, I think he's got it!! ;-)

Ah, I'd forgotten about the Power Management stuff in the newer ADB chips.
So, has anyone tried using John's ADB drivers on their newer II-series
Macs and seen if it softpower's off or not?

Thanks for clearing that one up Bill!

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Colin Wood                                 cwood@ichips.intel.com
Component Design Engineer - MD6                 Intel Corporation
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