From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Len Brown Subject: Re: [PATCH] Default to ACPI reboots on newish X86 hardware Date: Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:38:33 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: References: <4B42B3FD.7000608@zytor.com> <1262694629-7068-1-git-send-email-ch@zeha.at> <4B437127.1000605@zytor.com> <201001051926.30580.ch@zeha.at> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Return-path: Received: from vms173005pub.verizon.net ([206.46.173.5]:48813 "EHLO vms173005pub.verizon.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932453Ab0AFTix (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Jan 2010 14:38:53 -0500 Received: from localhost.localdomain ([74.104.151.18]) by vms173005.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-7.04 (built Sep 26 2008; 32bit)) with ESMTPA id <0KVU00237BWCVWRJ@vms173005.mailsrvcs.net> for linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org; Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:38:41 -0600 (CST) In-reply-to: <201001051926.30580.ch@zeha.at> Sender: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org To: Christian Hofstaedtler Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" , x86@kernel.org, tglx@linutronix.de, linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, venkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com, arjan@infradead.org, bruce.w.allan@intel.com > Also, I think we could push the year even more up, say, to 2009. On the > assumption that such new hardware which can't do BOOT_KBD is only being > produced now (late 2009). Better err on the safe side? I'd prefer sticking with 2006 so we don't need a white-list for brand-new machines. Indeed, I think that 2006 is already conservative, and I'd be willing to debug failures on machines back as far as 2003. thanks, -Len Brown, Intel Open Source Technology Center