Re: [PATCH 10/10] x86, ACPI: default to reboot via ACPI (again)

H. Peter Anvin
2008-11-09T10:01:44Z

Avi Kivity wrote:
>
> I think the sequence should be acpi -> kbd -> triple fault. Given that
> Windows uses ACPI, the number of machines that support it is much larger
> (and growing daily) than the number of machines that do not.
>

Like with many other things ACPI, there probably should be an ACPI date
cutoff for using it by default. There is also port CF9 reboot (often
incorrectly described as "PCI reboot", but it has nothing to do with the
PCI standard.)

-hpa