Re: [PATCH] x86: Add reboot quirk for Dell Precision M4600

[H. Peter Anvin]

Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> wrote:

>
>* Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> ACPI reboot does not work for Dell Precision M4600. Detect this
>> machine via DMI and force the use of the PCI reboot method.
>>     
>> Reported-and-tested-by: Bruno Friedmann <bruno@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  arch/x86/kernel/reboot.c |    9 +++++++++
>>  1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
>Weird - ACPI is the default Windows method of reboot - how come it 
>does not work on that box? Does Windows work around this specific 
>machine (unlikely), or is our ACPI boot sequence not 100% compatible 
>with the Windows method (more likely IMO)?
>
>Thanks,
>
>	Ingo

It seems almost all the affected machines are Dell, too... very odd, no?
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