.\" $NetBSD: boot.9,v 1.2 1996/09/24 07:01:26 ghudson Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1997 .\" Mike Pritchard. All rights reserved. .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1994 Christopher G. Demetriou .\" All rights reserved. .\" .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without .\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions .\" are met: .\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. .\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the .\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. .\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software .\" must display the following acknowledgement: .\" This product includes software developed by Christopher G. Demetriou .\" for the NetBSD Project. .\" 3. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products .\" derived from this software without specific prior written permission .\" .\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR .\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES .\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. .\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, .\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT .\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, .\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY .\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT .\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF .\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .\" $FreeBSD: head/share/man/man9/boot.9 131530 2004-07-03 18:29:24Z ru $ .\" .Dd February 14, 1997 .Dt BOOT 9 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm boot .Nd halt or reboot the system .Sh SYNOPSIS .In sys/types.h .In sys/systm.h .In sys/reboot.h .Ft void .Fn boot "int howto" .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Fn boot function handles final system shutdown, and either halts or reboots the system. The exact action to be taken is determined by the flags passed in .Fa howto and by whether or not the system has finished autoconfiguration. .Pp If the system has finished autoconfiguration, .Fn boot does the following: .Bl -enum -offset indent .It If this is the first invocation of .Fn boot and the .Dv RB_NOSYNC flag is not set in .Fa howto , syncs and unmounts the system disks by calling .Xr vfs_unmountall 9 . .It Disables interrupts. .It If rebooting after a crash (i.e., if .Dv RB_DUMP is set in .Fa howto , but .Dv RB_HALT is not), saves a system crash dump. .It Runs any shutdown hooks previously registered. .It Prints a message indicating that the system is about to be halted or rebooted. .It If .Dv RB_HALT is set in .Fa howto , halts the system. Otherwise, reboots the system. .El .Pp If the system has not finished autoconfiguration, .Fn boot runs any shutdown hooks previously registered, prints a message, and halts the system. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr vfs_unmountall 9