Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 6 Aug 2011 08:56:35 +0200 | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] x86: Add reboot quirk for Dell Precision M4600 |
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* Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de> 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@ioda-net.ch> > Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de> > --- > 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
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