The following reply was made to PR kern/37506; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "Jared D. McNeill" <jmcneill@invisible.ca>
To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org
Cc: kern-bug-people@netbsd.org, gnats-admin@netbsd.org,
	netbsd-bugs@netbsd.org
Subject: Re: kern/37506: Have to hold power button for 5 seconds to turn off
 Laptop after "halt" command.
Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2007 09:05:34 -0500 (EST)

 On Sun, 9 Dec 2007, grid@bmk.com.au wrote:
 >> How-To-Repeat:
 > 1.) # halt
 > 2.) Wait for "The operating system has halted"
 > 3.) Press power button (no response)
 > 4.) Press and hold power button for 5 seconds (turns off)
 
 This is expected behaviour. Have you tried 'halt -p'? From the man page:
 
   -p      Attempt to powerdown the system.  If the powerdown fails, or the
           system does not support software powerdown, the system will halt.
           This option is only valid for halt.
 
 Cheers,
 Jared