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

Matthew Garrett
2008-11-10T11:58:07Z

On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 09:39:38AM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:

> so, the sequence should be:
>
> [ acpi if date > 2007 ] -> kbd -> triple fault

No. We should find out which versions of Windows use the ACPI boot
mechanism and then

[ acpi if firmware indicates Vista support ] -> whatever

or something. Microsoft appear to have moved away from using date
cutoffs for anything other than whether or not to enable ACPI in the
first place, and we ought to attempt compatibility with them.

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