Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 28 Feb 1999 20:41:33 +0100 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: core dumps on signals |
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Hi!
> > > > > PWR n/a exit (normal systems would ignore by default) > > > > > > > > I don't think so; SIGPWR sent to init means it should shut down the > > > > system as soon as possible. If init dies, the system gets uncleanly > > > > > > Not exactly. SIGPWR is a "Power Restored" in SYS5 unix such as the NCR > > > tower. This is quite a common confusion. > > > > > > The way NCR use it for example on the old towers is that the box has > > > a battery (a big one), when the power goes off it switches to battery > > > and hibernates. This works well - we've carried machines between floors > > > without rebooting. > > > > This should be doable with linux and suspend patches. Yes, linux is > > now able to hibernate itself with suitable patches. > > > > As a side note, please DON'T recycle SIGUNUSED unless you really have > > to. Suspend patches are using it ;-). > > > > Then please rename it.
Of course it is renamed to SIGSTOP_SUSPEND inside suspend patches. Alas, suspend patches did not reach linus' kernel, yet ;-).
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