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@@ -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.
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