ORDERLY_POWEROFF

Section: Driver Basics (9)
Updated: February 2011
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NAME

orderly_poweroff - Trigger an orderly system poweroff  

SYNOPSIS

int orderly_poweroff(bool force);
 

ARGUMENTS

force

force poweroff if command execution fails
 

DESCRIPTION

This may be called from any context to trigger a system shutdown. If the orderly shutdown fails, it will force an immediate shutdown.  

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