Re: Reboot hangs on VersaLogic Ocelot

[Michael D Labriola]

Michael D Labriola/EB/GDYN wrote on 01/17/2012 09:22:25 AM:

> From: Michael D Labriola/EB/GDYN
> To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>, Kushal Koolwal 
> <kushalkoolwal@xxxxxxxxx>, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, 
> michael.d.labriola@xxxxxxxxx, Matthew Garrett <mjg59@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, 
x86@xxxxxxxxxx
> Date: 01/17/2012 09:22 AM
> Subject: Re: Reboot hangs on VersaLogic Ocelot
> 
> Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> wrote on 01/17/2012 03:57:56 AM:
> 
> > From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
> > To: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Michael D Labriola <mlabriol@xxxxxxxx>, "H. Peter Anvin" 
> > <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>, Kushal Koolwal <kushalkoolwal@xxxxxxxxx>, linux-
> > kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, michael.d.labriola@xxxxxxxxx, 
> > support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, 
x86@xxxxxxxxxx
> > Date: 01/17/2012 04:04 AM
> > Subject: Re: Reboot hangs on VersaLogic Ocelot
> > 
> > 
> > * Matthew Garrett <mjg59@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > 
> > > On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 12:20:45PM -0500, Michael D Labriola wrote:
> > 
> > > > Actually, assuming we fix the bios= argument ignored by DMI 
> > > > scan problem, would it be better to change the VersaLogic 
> > > > quirk to acpi even though it's not necessary right now?  If 
> > > > the default reboot method ever switches from acpi to kbd or 
> > > > bios, these boards will hang on reboot again...
> > > 
> > > A lot of hardware relies on the acpi method being used. I 
> > > don't see us changing the default for x86 when booted via 
> > > BIOS.
> > 
> > Yeah, i don't think we'll ever again switch away from ACPI being 
> > the default for currently existing hardware.
> > 
> > (Far-)future hardware might have different defaults, but that 
> > won't affect hardware that exists today.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> >    Ingo
> 
> Ingo,
> 
> I sent the aforementioned patches last night using git-send-email...
> but I'm not sure they went through correctly.  I got the email at my
> home account, but not my work account, and they don't seem to be in 
> the LKML archives.  Did anyone get them?  I listed all the addresses
> on this email's distro with separate --to and --cc arguments and 
> tried to use an appropriate In-Reply-To Message-Id when prompted, 
> but maybe I messed it up.
> 
> Also, how does the sign-off work?  Does the appropriate person 
> (Matthew?) review the patches and re-submit with a sign-off field?

OK, I've resent the patches from my work email (Lotus Notes! Fingers 
crossed!!).  New patches include sign-off from myself.

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Michael D Labriola
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