Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] x86: Add reboot quirk for Dell Precision M4600 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Date | Sat, 06 Aug 2011 00:01:24 -0700 |
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Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> wrote:
> >* 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
It seems almost all the affected machines are Dell, too... very odd, no? -- Sent from my mobile phone. Please excuse my brevity and lack of formatting.
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