Subject: Re: Beep on halt (definitive?)
To: matthew green <mrg@eterna.com.au>
From: Daniel Carosone <dan@geek.com.au>
List: tech-kern
Date: 10/22/2002 14:39:23
On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 01:58:01PM +1000, matthew green wrote:
> i wish i had the hardware to do this. send me a few supported
> multiport serial cards? i just don't have the supported hardware
> to have all my machines with serial console connected at the
> same time, and this feature would be useful for the couple that
> do not have soft power (ie, halt -p doesn't work.)
Sure, the original feature and small patch could be useful for all
sorts of circumstances. One that I can imagine is when working
with unskilled remote tentacles. I can say "unplug it once it beeps".
Everything since then is .. questionable at best.
--
Dan.