Re: [tip:x86/reboot] [PATCH] x86: Try the BIOS reboot method before the PCI reboot method

From: H. Peter Anvin
Date: Wed Apr 09 2014 - 16:50:57 EST


On 04/07/2014 04:12 PM, Adam Williamson wrote:
>
> basically, we know that we probably can't come up with a standard
> fallback chain that will work for *every* system, and the goal instead
> is to come up with the approach that requires the *fewest* quirks.
>

Not quite.

The problem is that we can't test everything, so part of it isn't just
about the amount of quirks but also our confidence level in them.

-hpa

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