Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:57:56 +0100 | | From | Ingo Molnar <> | | Subject | Re: Reboot hangs on VersaLogic Ocelot |
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* 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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