Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 24 Nov 2005 07:29:03 +0000 | From | Matthew Garrett <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Reboot through the BIOS on newer HP laptops |
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On Thu, Nov 24, 2005 at 07:26:16AM +0000, Alistair John Strachan wrote: > On Thursday 24 November 2005 05:21, Matthew Garrett wrote: > > Newer HP laptops (nc4200, nc6xxx, nc8xxx) hang on reboot with a standard > > configuration. Passing reboot=b makes them work. This patch adds a DMI > > quirk that defaults them to this mode, and doesn't appear to have any > > adverse affects on older HPs. > > Might be better to specify machines that actually have this issue. My NC6000 > does not have any reboot issues with current or prior kernels, and such a > change risks regressing that.
This works fine with the NC6000, and every other HP-Compaq I've been able to test it on (which is quite a few). The alternative is really quite a long list.
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