linux-kernel - Re: Fix apparent cut-n-paste mistake in Dell reboot workaround.

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Date:	Mon, 30 Sep 2013 13:15:02 +1000
From:	Dave Airlie <airlied@...il.com>
To:	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
Cc:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>,
	x86@...nel.org, Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Fix apparent cut-n-paste mistake in Dell reboot workaround.

On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 1:06 PM, Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org> wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 07:58:10PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>> On 09/29/2013 07:57 PM, Matthew Garrett wrote:
>> > On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 03:16:49PM -0500, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>> >>
>> >> It really is starting to feel like *ALL* Dell machines need reboot=pci?
>> >
>> > Now that ACPI is default, I'd be surprised if any of them do.
>> >
>>
>> Look at the stream of Dell machines we're still getting reboot bug
>> reports for...
>
> Likely indicates that our ACPI reboot handling still isn't bug
> compatible with Windows. We'd do better fixing that than adding more DMI
> entries.

are these only with VTd enabled? I have some Dells that won't reboot
with VTd turned on, I remember you though it was an acpi bug we
couldn't do much with.

Dave.
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