Re: [patch] x86: Introduce BOOT_EFI and BOOT_CF9 into the reboot sequence loop

[Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org>]

On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 12:11:57PM +0800, Li, Aubrey wrote:
> This patch is to introduce BOOT_EFI and BOOT_CF9 in the reboot sequence
> loop, to fix the reboot problem on the known Intel Bay Trail-T based
> platform, for example, ASUS-T100 and Dell Venue 8/11 Pro. These
> platforms don't support ACPI reboot, we expect to call EFI runtime
> service to handle this case, and CF9 is an alternate after EFI.

EFI reboot is still somewhat unreliable - it may be safe after the 
recent patches to provide a 1:1 mapping. CF9 is, as far as I know, not 
part of any spec, so it seems like a bad idea to put it in the default 
list.

What do the ACPI reboot vectors look like on these systems?

> - * 3) If still alive, write to the ACPI reboot register again
> - * 4) If still alive, write to the keyboard controller again
> + * 3) If still alive, call EFI runtime service
> + * 4) If still alive, write to the PCI IO port 0xCF9

This is definitely incorrect. The ACPI write *must* occur twice in order 
to be effective on various systems. EFI shouldn't be attempted until 
after the second ACPI write.

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Matthew Garrett | mjg59@srcf.ucam.org