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Message-ID: <20120117085756.GB7612@elte.hu>
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:57:56 +0100
From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
Cc: Michael D Labriola <mlabriol@...b.com>,
"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
Kushal Koolwal <kushalkoolwal@...il.com>,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, michael.d.labriola@...il.com,
support@...salogic.com, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
x86@...nel.org
Subject: Re: Reboot hangs on VersaLogic Ocelot
* Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 12:20:45PM -0500, Michael D Labriola wrote:
> > Actually, assuming we fix the bios= argument ignored by DMI
> > scan problem, would it be better to change the VersaLogic
> > quirk to acpi even though it's not necessary right now? If
> > the default reboot method ever switches from acpi to kbd or
> > bios, these boards will hang on reboot again...
>
> A lot of hardware relies on the acpi method being used. I
> don't see us changing the default for x86 when booted via
> BIOS.
Yeah, i don't think we'll ever again switch away from ACPI being
the default for currently existing hardware.
(Far-)future hardware might have different defaults, but that
won't affect hardware that exists today.
Thanks,
Ingo
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