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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/IPMI.txt | 13 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/IPMI.txt b/Documentation/IPMI.txt index 84d3d4d10c1..bf1cf98d2a2 100644 --- a/Documentation/IPMI.txt +++ b/Documentation/IPMI.txt @@ -605,12 +605,13 @@ is in the ipmi_poweroff module. When the system requests a powerdown, it will send the proper IPMI commands to do this. This is supported on several platforms. -There is a module parameter named "poweroff_control" that may either be zero -(do a power down) or 2 (do a power cycle, power the system off, then power -it on in a few seconds). Setting ipmi_poweroff.poweroff_control=x will do -the same thing on the kernel command line. The parameter is also available -via the proc filesystem in /proc/ipmi/poweroff_control. Note that if the -system does not support power cycling, it will always to the power off. +There is a module parameter named "poweroff_powercycle" that may +either be zero (do a power down) or non-zero (do a power cycle, power +the system off, then power it on in a few seconds). Setting +ipmi_poweroff.poweroff_control=x will do the same thing on the kernel +command line. The parameter is also available via the proc filesystem +in /proc/sys/dev/ipmi/poweroff_powercycle. Note that if the system +does not support power cycling, it will always do the power off. Note that if you have ACPI enabled, the system will prefer using ACPI to power off. |