linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 15/15] Revert "x86: default to reboot via ACPI"

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Date:	Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:50:06 -0500 (EST)
From:	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>
To:	Andrey Borzenkov <arvidjaar@...l.ru>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Eduardo Habkost <ehabkost@...hat.com>,
	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>, kexec@...ts.infradead.org,
	kvm@...r.kernel.org,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 15/15] Revert "x86: default to reboot via ACPI"

> > This reverts commit c7ffa6c26277b403920e2255d10df849bd613380.

I agree that the 2.6.27 default was changed to ACPI for the wrong reason.

However, I think it was the right thing to do,
and if you didn't propose it, I would.

My expectation is that with the ACPI default, our problem
is working around a finite list of old machines that don't work;
while with the default KBD, our problem is working around
a potentially unbounded list of yet to be shipped machines
who may only be tested and work using the ACPI method.

So I recommend leaving the default as ACPI for a while to
see how it goes.

thanks,
-Len

ps. please cc: linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org on ACPI related changes.
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