Re: [PATCH]X86:reboot.c Add some dmi entries topci_reboot_dmi_table.

[Matthew Garrett]

On Tue, Jun 01, 2010 at 01:51:00PM -0700, Justin P. Mattock wrote:
> On 06/01/2010 01:33 PM, Matthew Garrett wrote:
>> On Tue, Jun 01, 2010 at 01:31:08PM -0700, Justin P. Mattock wrote:
>> It returns you to the prompt? The machine hangs? What do you mean by
>> "nothing"? (Also, what chipset does this machine have?)
>>
>
> this is what it does:
> It returns you to the prompt

Ok, so it does nothing. Sigh. Thapple.

> as for the chipset name..(not sure)

It's an MCP79. In that case I suspect that we're misdiagnosing this at 
some level. How about the following (again, run as root):

#include <sys/io.h>

int main() {
	iopl(3);
	outb(0xfe, 0x64);
	return 0;
}

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