cpu_reboot(9) [netbsd man page]

CPU_REBOOT(9)						   BSD Kernel Developer's Manual					     CPU_REBOOT(9)

NAME

     cpu_reboot -- halt or reboot the system

SYNOPSIS

     #include <sys/reboot.h>

     void
     cpu_reboot(int howto, char *bootstr);

DESCRIPTION

     The cpu_reboot() 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 howto and by whether or not the system has finished autoconfiguration.

     If the system has finished autoconfiguration, cpu_reboot() does the following:

	   1.	Sets the boothowto system variable (see boothowto(9)) from the howto argument.

	   2.	If this is the first invocation of cpu_reboot() and the RB_NOSYNC flag is not set in howto, syncs and unmounts the system disks by
		calling vfs_shutdown(9) and sets the time of day clock by calling resettodr(9).

	   3.	Disables interrupts.

	   4.	If rebooting after a crash (i.e., if RB_DUMP is set in howto, but RB_HALT is not), saves a system crash dump.

	   5.	Runs any shutdown hooks by calling pmf_system_shutdown(9).

	   6.	Prints a message indicating that the system is about to be halted or rebooted.

	   7.	If RB_HALT is set in howto, halts the system.  Otherwise, reboots the system.

     If the system has not finished autoconfiguration, cpu_reboot() runs any shutdown hooks by calling pmf_system_shutdown(9), prints a message,
     and halts the system.

     If RB_STRING is set in howto, then the parameter bootstr is passed to the system boot loader on some ports.

SEE ALSO

     boothowto(9), dumpsys(9), pmf_system_shutdown(9), resettodr(9), vfs_shutdown(9)

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								 February 11, 2010							       BSD

reboot(2)							System Calls Manual							 reboot(2)

Name
       reboot - reboot system or halt processor

Syntax
       #include <sys/reboot.h>

       reboot(howto)
       int howto;

Arguments
       howto   The howto argument is a mask of options passed to the bootstrap program.

	       The bits of howto are:

	       RB_HALT
		      the processor is simply halted; no reboot takes place.  RB_HALT should be used with caution.

	       RB_ASKNAME
		      Interpreted  by  the bootstrap program itself, causing it to inquire as to what file should be booted.  Normally, the system
		      is booted from the file "xx(0,0)vmunix" without asking.

	       RB_SINGLE
		      Normally, the reboot procedure involves an automatic disk consistency check and then multi-user operations.  RB_SINGLE  pre-
		      vents  the consistency check, rather simply booting the system with a single-user shell on the console.  RB_SINGLE is inter-
		      preted by the init(8) program in the newly booted system.  This switch is not available from the system call interface.

	       Only the superuser may a machine.

Description
       The system call reboots the system, and is invoked automatically in the event of unrecoverable system failures.	The system call  interface
       permits	only  RB_HALT or RB_AUTOBOOT to be passed to the reboot program; the other flags are used in scripts stored on the console storage
       media or used in manual bootstrap procedures.  When none of these options (for example, RB_AUTOBOOT) is given, the system is rebooted  from
       file in the root file system of unit 0 of a disk chosen in a processor-specific way.  Normally, an automatic consistency check of the disks
       is then performed.

Return Values
       If successful, this call never returns.	Otherwise, a -1 is returned, and an error is stored in the global variable errno.

Diagnostics
       The call fails under the following condition:

       [EPERM]	      The caller is not the superuser.

See Also
       crash(8v), halt(8), init(8), reboot(8)

																	 reboot(2)