Article 6MC3V Passphrase timeout for disk decryption at boot added (potential battery lifesaver)

Passphrase timeout for disk decryption at boot added (potential battery lifesaver)

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Have you had your laptop accidentally un-hibernate while you weren't looking, leaving you with a totally drained battery?

Now OpenBSD-current has a fix for that, thanks to this commit by Klemens Nanni (kn@). The commit message reads,

List: openbsd-cvsSubject: CVS: cvs.openbsd.org: srcFrom: Klemens Nanni <kn () cvs ! openbsd ! org>Date: 2024-04-25 18:31:49CVSROOT:/cvsModule name:srcChanges by:kn@cvs.openbsd.org2024/04/25 12:31:49Modified files:sys/lib/libsa : softraid.c sys/arch/amd64/stand/boot: boot.8 sys/arch/amd64/stand/efiboot: Makefile.common cmd_i386.c conf.c efiboot.c efiboot.h Log message:Add boot.conf(8) 'mach idle [secs]' to halt at idle passphrase prompts

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