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SubjectRe: Reboot hangs on VersaLogic Ocelot

* Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org> wrote:

> On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 12:20:45PM -0500, Michael D Labriola wrote:

> > Actually, assuming we fix the bios= argument ignored by DMI
> > scan problem, would it be better to change the VersaLogic
> > quirk to acpi even though it's not necessary right now? If
> > the default reboot method ever switches from acpi to kbd or
> > bios, these boards will hang on reboot again...
>
> A lot of hardware relies on the acpi method being used. I
> don't see us changing the default for x86 when booted via
> BIOS.

Yeah, i don't think we'll ever again switch away from ACPI being
the default for currently existing hardware.

(Far-)future hardware might have different defaults, but that
won't affect hardware that exists today.

Thanks,

Ingo


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