Re: [PATCH 15/15] Revert "x86: default to reboot via ACPI"

Eric W. Biederman
2008-11-06T15:45:40Z

Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> writes:

> * Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> wrote:
>
>> > Andrey Borzenkov's patch, for example, adds a new DMI entry
>> > because reboot=acpi breaks his keyboard (even without KVM, I
>> > guess). Andrey, was that the case?
>>
>> hm, IIRC the problem was KVM in his case too.
>
> actually, Andrey's problem seems to be unrelated. So i've queued up
> the revert below in tip/x86/urgent for v2.6.28. Thanks guys!

If there are a number of problems with reboot and reset
I'm wondering if we should investigate using an
outb to port 0x92. With the right bit set you can trigger
a toggle of the reset line on many motherboards.

Eric