linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Add DMI quirk for Intel DP55KG mainboard

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Date:	Wed, 6 Jan 2010 08:41:01 +0100
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>
Cc:	Christian Hofstaedtler <ch@...a.at>, x86@...nel.org,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	bruce.w.allan@...el.com, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	hpa@...or.com, Justin Piszcz <jpiszcz@...idpixels.com>,
	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
	Venkatesh Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add DMI quirk for Intel DP55KG mainboard


> commit 2cb758c617833c18c533e1c4c31167e59d092235
> Author: Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>
> Date:   Thu Nov 6 22:43:21 2008 -0500
> 
>     x86, ACPI: default to reboot via ACPI (again)
>     
>     We've run into systems which do not reboot properly
>     without using the ACPI reset mechanism.  So lets
>     try this in linux-next for a while and see
>     how many existing machines stop rebooting
>     because they can't handle ACPI reboot.

>     Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>

Nak.

> @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(pm_power_off);
>  
>  static const struct desc_ptr no_idt = {};
>  static int reboot_mode;
> -enum reboot_type reboot_type = BOOT_KBD;
> +enum reboot_type reboot_type = BOOT_ACPI;
>  int reboot_force;
>  

KBD is present on all PCs, not so with acpi. If machine can't handle
kbd reboot, it is not IBM PC compatible.
								Pavel
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