linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH] reboot: perform warm/cold reset correctly for CF9 type

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Date:	Wed, 21 Aug 2013 08:08:23 +0000
From:	"Li, Fei" <fei.li@...el.com>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CC:	"mingo@...hat.com" <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"tglx@...utronix.de" <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"Liu, Chuansheng" <chuansheng.liu@...el.com>,
	"x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>,
	"akpm@...ux-foundation.org" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"holt@....com" <holt@....com>,
	"rmk+kernel@....linux.org.uk" <rmk+kernel@....linux.org.uk>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Li, Fei" <fei.li@...el.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] reboot: perform warm/cold reset correctly for CF9 type

> Careful.  This is a very different definition of warm vs cold boot used elsewhere.

We have tested both warm and cold reboot on our x86 platform, and it works well.
Besides with commit, the expected warm and reboot type can be specified through
command line.

> >Looks good, but please introduce a reboot_val intermediate
> >variable instead of duplicating that ugly line-broken
> >construct twice.

Accepted and will update it in later version. 

> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >	Ingo
> 

Thanks,
Fei