From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030554AbVKXH3K (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Nov 2005 02:29:10 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030556AbVKXH3J (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Nov 2005 02:29:09 -0500 Received: from cavan.codon.org.uk ([217.147.92.49]:44987 "EHLO vavatch.codon.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030554AbVKXH3I (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Nov 2005 02:29:08 -0500 Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 07:29:03 +0000 From: Matthew Garrett To: Alistair John Strachan Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Reboot through the BIOS on newer HP laptops Message-ID: <20051124072903.GA28327@srcf.ucam.org> References: <20051124052107.GA28070@srcf.ucam.org> <200511240726.16669.s0348365@sms.ed.ac.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200511240726.16669.s0348365@sms.ed.ac.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: mjg59@codon.org.uk X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on vavatch.codon.org.uk); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Nov 24, 2005 at 07:26:16AM +0000, Alistair John Strachan wrote: > On Thursday 24 November 2005 05:21, Matthew Garrett wrote: > > Newer HP laptops (nc4200, nc6xxx, nc8xxx) hang on reboot with a standard > > configuration. Passing reboot=b makes them work. This patch adds a DMI > > quirk that defaults them to this mode, and doesn't appear to have any > > adverse affects on older HPs. > > Might be better to specify machines that actually have this issue. My NC6000 > does not have any reboot issues with current or prior kernels, and such a > change risks regressing that. This works fine with the NC6000, and every other HP-Compaq I've been able to test it on (which is quite a few). The alternative is really quite a long list. -- Matthew Garrett | mjg59@srcf.ucam.org