Re: [tip:x86/reboot] [PATCH] x86: Try the BIOS reboot method before the PCI reboot method

From: H. Peter Anvin
Date: Fri Apr 04 2014 - 08:58:34 EST


Trying anything at all after BIOS is meaningless as BIOS is terminal... it will either work or it will hang. Triplefault is the same way.

On April 4, 2014 1:00:07 AM PDT, Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>* tip-bot for Ingo Molnar <tipbot@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Commit-ID: d122ab8d224a59aa0c3e4ba3540c6ab99556c3e3
>> Gitweb:
>http://git.kernel.org/tip/d122ab8d224a59aa0c3e4ba3540c6ab99556c3e3
>> Author: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> AuthorDate: Fri, 4 Apr 2014 08:41:26 +0200
>> Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> CommitDate: Fri, 4 Apr 2014 08:48:03 +0200
>>
>> [PATCH] x86: Try the BIOS reboot method before the PCI reboot method
>
>So, JFYI, I have put this into x86/reboot to get it tested, but it's
>not queued up for upstream yet until there's concensus.
>
>(Steve testing it wouldn't hurt either.)
>
>Thanks,
>
> Ingo

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