Re: [PATCH] Add DMI quirk for Intel DP55KG mainboard

[Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org>]

On Mon, 4 Jan 2010, Christian Hofstaedtler wrote:

> From: Christian Hofstaedtler <ch+git@zeha.at>
> 
> The Intel DP55KG mainboard cannot reboot using the keyboard controller,
> but ACPI works fine. Auto-select ACPI for this board.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christian Hofstaedtler <ch@zeha.at>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kernel/reboot.c |   21 +++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/reboot.c b/arch/x86/kernel/reboot.c
> index 1545bc0..b7fcf59 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/reboot.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/reboot.c
> @@ -427,6 +427,19 @@ static int __init set_pci_reboot(const struct dmi_system_id *d)
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
> +/*
> + * Some Intel mainboards need reboot=a to actually reboot
> + */
> +static int __init set_acpi_reboot(const struct dmi_system_id *d)
> +{
> +	if (reboot_type != BOOT_ACPI) {
> +		reboot_type = BOOT_ACPI;
> +		printk(KERN_INFO "%s hardware detected. "
> +		       "Selecting ACPI-method for reboots.\n", d->ident);
> +	}
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
>  static struct dmi_system_id __initdata pci_reboot_dmi_table[] = {
>  	{	/* Handle problems with rebooting on Apple MacBook5 */
>  		.callback = set_pci_reboot,
> @@ -452,6 +465,14 @@ static struct dmi_system_id __initdata pci_reboot_dmi_table[] = {
>  			DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "Macmini3,1"),
>  		},
>  	},
> +	{	/* Handle problems with rebooting on Intel DP55KG mainboard */
> +		.callback = set_acpi_reboot,
> +		.ident = "Intel DP55KG Mainboard",
> +		.matches = {
> +			DMI_MATCH(DMI_BOARD_VENDOR, "Intel Corporation"),
> +			DMI_MATCH(DMI_BOARD_NAME, "DP55KG"),
> +		},
> +	},
>  	{ }
>  };
>  
> -- 
> 1.6.4.4


I believe that Venki is sending a patch to make all recent
motherboards use acpi reset by default; and I'd rather
see that kind of patch than this one.

I've had the patch below patch in acpi-test, and thus linus-next,
and -mm since Nov 2008 to change the default for
all systems w/ no issues.

commit 2cb758c617833c18c533e1c4c31167e59d092235
Author: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
Date:   Thu Nov 6 22:43:21 2008 -0500

    x86, ACPI: default to reboot via ACPI (again)
    
    We've run into systems which do not reboot properly
    without using the ACPI reset mechanism.  So lets
    try this in linux-next for a while and see
    how many existing machines stop rebooting
    because they can't handle ACPI reboot.
    
    Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/reboot.c b/arch/x86/kernel/reboot.c
index d2d1ce8..4c53aeb 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/reboot.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/reboot.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(pm_power_off);
 
 static const struct desc_ptr no_idt = {};
 static int reboot_mode;
-enum reboot_type reboot_type = BOOT_KBD;
+enum reboot_type reboot_type = BOOT_ACPI;
 int reboot_force;
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_X86_32) && defined(CONFIG_SMP)