systemd questions

[Simo Sorce]

On Thu, 2011-05-19 at 14:16 +0100, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 08:05:46AM -0400, Simo Sorce wrote:
> 
> > Some other, more data-centered UPSs that handle multiple machines use
> > completely proprietary protocols over ethernet for example.
> 
> I thought we were talking about a function that was called as the last 
> thing before the kernel was halted? How does that work in this case, 
> given that the network will already have been torn down?

Good question, I don't remember details though. Perhaps for those models
it doesn't really matter, they probably set a much larger delay (say 5
minutes), and then start the shutdown procedure and don't need anymore
interaction with the machine.
In that case nothing is needed on halt.

Simo.

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