linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: default to reboot via ACPI

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Date:	Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:12:30 +0200
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@...e.cz>
To:	Avi Kivity <avi@...ranet.com>
Cc:	"Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@...ux-mips.org>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: default to reboot via ACPI

On Tue 2008-08-26 16:33:37, Avi Kivity wrote:
> Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:
> >On Tue, 26 Aug 2008, Avi Kivity wrote:
> >
> >  
> >>Most machines are recent machines.
> >>    
> >
> > This is a bold statement I would say.  Any numbers to 
> > back it up?
> >
> >  
> 
> Only common sense.  Non-recent machines are barely 
> usable these days.  Sure they work well as a firewall or 
> server-in-a-closet, but if you run a desktop or a server 
> that actually does useful work, you're running a 
> relatively recent machine.

reboot needs to work on servers-in-a-closet, too.

Anyway, I guess the change should go in. Lets see what breaks.

							Pavel
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