From: linux@arm.linux.org.uk (Russell King - ARM Linux)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [RFC] Need help deciphering reboot modes!
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2011 20:18:48 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110930191847.GA11710@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110930125725.GG3895@e102144-lin.cambridge.arm.com>
On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 01:57:25PM +0100, Will Deacon wrote:
> As part of my kexec work, I've been looking at the machine_restart path
> on ARM and, more specifically, the use of the reboot_mode character that
> gets passed around and ultimately ignored.
It gets ignored because platform maintainers are a lazy bunch of people
and don't want to write any more code than they absolutely have to.
Overall, it is meant as a hint to the platform code about what reboot
method to use.
> It seems that the following mode characters are used:
>
> 0 -> Currently used by kexec as a dummy argument given that it is
> ignored anyway.
No idea what that means, afaik it's never been used.
> 'h' -> The default assignment to reboot_mode and that used by
> machine_restart. For some reason, reboot_mode can also be
> overridden on the command line. I would guess that this means
> "hard".
It does mean 'hard' and it tells platforms which have the option (the
early ones do!) to use some hardware method to provoke the machine into
rebooting.
> 's' -> A supported option by mioa701 (mach-pxa) and mach-s3c24xx. I
> would guess that this means "soft".
This means to reboot by vectoring through the reset vector - so it is
'soft'.
> 'g' -> A supported option by spitz and tosa (both mach-pxa). I can't
> begin to imagine what it might stand for.
'gpio', using a gpio signal to cause the reboot rather than setting up
a watchdog or something to cause it.
Note that as I say above, it is only a hint - if you pass 's' for soft,
a platform can still elect to do a hard reboot if it knows that soft
reboots just don't work on the platform.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-09-30 19:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-09-30 12:57 [RFC] Need help deciphering reboot modes! Will Deacon
2011-09-30 14:04 ` Will Deacon
2011-09-30 19:18 ` Russell King - ARM Linux [this message]
2011-10-03 9:43 ` Will Deacon
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