Re: [PATCH] Add DMI quirk for Intel DP55KG mainboard

From: Pavel Machek
Date: Wed Jan 06 2010 - 09:43:53 EST



> commit 2cb758c617833c18c533e1c4c31167e59d092235
> Author: Len Brown <len.brown@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Thu Nov 6 22:43:21 2008 -0500
>
> x86, ACPI: default to reboot via ACPI (again)
>
> We've run into systems which do not reboot properly
> without using the ACPI reset mechanism. So lets
> try this in linux-next for a while and see
> how many existing machines stop rebooting
> because they can't handle ACPI reboot.

> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@xxxxxxxxx>

Nak.

> @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(pm_power_off);
>
> static const struct desc_ptr no_idt = {};
> static int reboot_mode;
> -enum reboot_type reboot_type = BOOT_KBD;
> +enum reboot_type reboot_type = BOOT_ACPI;
> int reboot_force;
>

KBD is present on all PCs, not so with acpi. If machine can't handle
kbd reboot, it is not IBM PC compatible.
Pavel
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