Described the constants used by the admin_type in the background section

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The administration interface manager provides a portable
interface for some system administrative functions.
The capabilities in this manager were defined in the POSIX
The capabilities in this manager are defined in the POSIX
1003.1h/D3 proposed standard titled @b{Services for Reliable,
Available, and Serviceable Systems}.
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@table @b
@item ADMIN_AUTOBOOT
This field ...
The default, causing the system to reboot in its usual fashion. The
@code{admin_data} field points to an implementation defined string
that specifies the system image to reboot.
@item ADMIN_HALT
This field ...
The system is simply halted; no reboot takes place.
@item ADMIN_FAST
This field ...
The system does no send SIGTERM to active processes before halting.
@item ADMIN_IMMEDIATE
This field ...
The system does not perform any of the normal shutdown procedures.
@item ADMIN_ALTSYSTEM
This field ...
The system reboots using the @code{admin_data} string as a specification
of the system to be booted.
@item ADMIN_ALTCONFIG
This field ...
The system reboots using the @code{admin_data} string as a specification
of the initial implicit configuration space.
@item ADMIN_SYSDUMP
This field ...
Dump kernal memory before rebooting.
@item ADMIN_INIT
This field ...
An option allowing the specification of an alternate initial program
to be run when the system reboots.
@end table