Re: [PATCH RESEND] Fix reboot regression on Acer Aspire One AOA110

[Uros Vampl]

On 03.11.11 12:34, Peter Chubb wrote:
> >>>>> "Vasily" == Vasily Khoruzhick <anarsoul@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
> Vasily> From: UroÅ Vampl <mobile.leecher@xxxxxxxxx> Starting with
> Vasily> kernel 3.0, my Acer Aspire One AOA110 hangs on reboot. Doing
> Vasily> an internet search, I found that in git commit
> Vasily> b49c78d4827be8d7e67e5b94adac6b30a4a9ad14 the machine was made
> Vasily> to reboot with the bios method, but it does not work on most
> Vasily> (all?) AOA110s.
> 
> That change was made in July to fix the broken ACPI reboot method.  It
> certainly works on my AOA110.  What BIOS do you have installed?
> (although looking at what's been published, I can't see any booting
> problems mentioned in the BIOS changelogs).

My bios is v0.3309. An unpatched kernel will hang on a black screen at 
reboot, the only way out is holding the power button for 5 seconds to 
turn the machine off.

> 
> Vasily> This patch introduces new quirks section for machines that
> Vasily> only reboot with the kbd method and put the Aspire One into
> Vasily> it.
> 
> You don't need yet another table, just change the callback.
> 
> 
> Try this:

Yes, this works too.

Regards,
UroÅ


> 
> Index: linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/reboot.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.orig/arch/x86/kernel/reboot.c	2011-10-31 14:35:50.105623537 +1100
> +++ linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/reboot.c	2011-11-03 11:54:12.487901547 +1100
> @@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
>   */
>  
>  /*
> - * Some machines require the "reboot=b"  commandline option,
> + * Some machines require the "reboot=b" or "reboot=k"  commandline options,
>   * this quirk makes that automatic.
>   */
>  static int __init set_bios_reboot(const struct dmi_system_id *d)
> @@ -136,6 +136,15 @@
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
> +static int __init set_kbd_reboot(const struct dmi_system_id *d)
> +{
> +	if (reboot_type != BOOT_KBD) {
> +		reboot_type = BOOT_KBD;
> +		printk(KERN_INFO "%s series board detected. Selecting KBD-method for reboots.\n", d->ident);
> +	}
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
>  static struct dmi_system_id __initdata reboot_dmi_table[] = {
>  	{	/* Handle problems with rebooting on Dell E520's */
>  		.callback = set_bios_reboot,
> @@ -295,7 +304,7 @@
>  		},
>  	},
>  	{ /* Handle reboot issue on Acer Aspire one */
> -		.callback = set_bios_reboot,
> +		.callback = set_kbd_reboot,
>  		.ident = "Acer Aspire One A110",
>  		.matches = {
>  			DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "Acer"),
> --
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