Re: [PATCH 0/23] reboot-fixes

[Pavel Machek]

Hi!

> >  > Good question.  I'm not certain if Pavel intended to add
> >  > device_suspend(PMSG_FREEZE) to the reboot path.  It was
> >  > there in only one instance.  Pavel comments talk only about
> >  > the suspend path.
> > 
> >  Yes, I think we should do device_suspend(PMSG_FREEZE) in reboot path.
> 
> Why?

Many bioses are broken; if you leave hardware active during reboot,
they'll hang during reboot. It is so common problem that I think that
only sane solution is make hardware quiet before reboot.

								Pavel
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