RE: Let init know user wants to shutdown

[David S. Miller]

Grover, Andrew writes:
 > IMHO an abstracted interface at this point is overengineering.

ACPI is the epitome of overengineering.

An abstracted interface would allow simpler systems to avoid all of
the bloated garbage ACPI brings with it.  Sorry, Alan hit it right on
the head, ACPI is not much more than keeping speedstep proprietary.

Later,
David S. Miller
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