linux-kernel - Re: [tip:x86/reboot] [PATCH] x86: Try the BIOS reboot method before the PCI reboot method

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Date:	Wed, 09 Apr 2014 13:50:00 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Adam Williamson <awilliam@...hat.com>
CC:	"Li, Aubrey" <aubrey.li@...ux.intel.com>,
	One Thousand Gnomes <gnomes@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, rostedt@...dmis.org,
	tglx@...utronix.de, linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [tip:x86/reboot] [PATCH] x86: Try the BIOS reboot method before
 the PCI reboot method

On 04/07/2014 04:12 PM, Adam Williamson wrote:
> 
> basically, we know that we probably can't come up with a standard
> fallback chain that will work for *every* system, and the goal instead
> is to come up with the approach that requires the *fewest* quirks.
> 

Not quite.

The problem is that we can't test everything, so part of it isn't just
about the amount of quirks but also our confidence level in them.

	-hpa

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