Re: [PATCH] x86_64: Add reboot=force

[Andi Kleen]

On Tue, Jan 04, 2005 at 07:23:24AM -0800, Randy.Dunlap wrote:
> Linux Kernel Mailing List wrote:
> >ChangeSet 1.2136.3.75, 2005/01/03 20:44:39-08:00, ak@xxxxxxx
> >
> >	[PATCH] x86_64: Add reboot=force
> >	
> >	Add reboot=force
> >	
> >	reboot=force doesn't wait for any other CPUs on reboot.  This is 
> >	useful when
> >	you really need a system to reboot on its own.
> 
> Why only for x86_64 ?

The x86-64 reboot code is quite different from i386 and I've only
seen the problems on x86-64. If you think it's useful on x86-64 too
feel free to port it over.

-Andi
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