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

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Message-ID: <48B531BD.20608@qumranet.com>
Date:	Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:51:41 +0300
From:	Avi Kivity <avi@...ranet.com>
To:	Pavel Machek <pavel@...e.cz>
CC:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	"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

Pavel Machek wrote:
> I'd not count of this. When you relegate laptop to "quiet home server"
> role, the mechanical stresses suddenly stop, and I'd expect it to
> survive for long long years.
>   

For every user who uses an old laptop as a home server, or has a "best 
MIPS64 box", there are maybe five million users with a 0-3 year old x86 
computer (they don't know that it's really a "box").

Let's optimize for the common case, please.

-- 
error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function

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