linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ACPI: Add reboot mechanism

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Message-Id: <200707171742.39067.ak@suse.de>
Date:	Tue, 17 Jul 2007 17:42:38 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
To:	"Aaron Durbin" <adurbin@...gle.com>
Cc:	"Yinghai Lu" <yhlu.kernel@...il.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, len.brown@...el.com, akpm@...l.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ACPI: Add reboot mechanism

On Tuesday 17 July 2007 17:08:19 Aaron Durbin wrote:
 
> This is true if SMIs are still flowing, and the SMI handler correctly handles
> the reset properly. I have seen cases where the SMI handler is broken which
> causes the system to perpetually hang.

Ah, that is the rationale that was missing in the first mail ...
Ok that makes some sense. Is it a common issue? 

-Andi
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