Re: [PATCH] x86: Dell Precision WorkStation 690 reboot quirk

From: Matthew Garrett
Date: Thu Dec 09 2010 - 10:27:33 EST


On Thu, Dec 09, 2010 at 07:19:44AM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> On 12/09/2010 07:16 AM, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> > My testing suggests that Windows never uses the BIOS-style reboot
> > approach, so this seems wrong. Does reboot=acpi work for you?
>
> We have talked about switching to reboot=acpi by default for machines
> newer than <some date>... this would be good to do.

The majority of systems with valid ACPI reboot vectors appear to just be
pointing at the PCI reset port, which makes sense. My testing suggests
that Windows calls the ACPI reboot vector, then tries to use the i8042,
then tries the ACPI reboot vector again and finally tries the i8042
again before giving up and spinning. I'll recheck this behaviour today
and then send a patch.

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