1. 06 Apr, 2011 2 commits
    • Matthew Garrett's avatar
      x86: Reorder reboot method preferences · 660e34ce
      Matthew Garrett authored
      We have a never ending stream of 'reboot quirks' for new boxes
      that will not reboot properly under Linux (they will hang on
      reboot).
      
      The reason is widespread 'Windows compatible' assumption of modern
      x86 hardware, which expects the following reboot sequence:
      
       - hitting the ACPI reboot vector (if available)
       - trying the keyboard controller
       - hitting the ACPI reboot vector again
       - then giving the keyboard controller one last go
      
      This sequence expectation gets more and more embedded in modern
      hardware, which often lacks a keyboard controller and may even
      lock up if the legacy io ports are hit - and which hardware is
      often not tested with Linux during development.
      
      The end result is that reboot works under Windows-alike OSs but not
      under Linux.
      
      Rework our reboot process to meet this hardware externality a little
      better and match this assumption of newer x86 hardware.
      
      In addition to the ACPI,kbd,ACPI,kbd sequence we'll still fall
      through to attempting a legacy triple fault if nothing else
      works - and keep trying that and the kbd reset.
      Signed-off-by: default avatarMatthew Garrett <mjg@redhat.com>
      [ this commit will also save special casing Oaktrail boards ]
      Acked-by: default avatarAlan Cox <alan@linux.intel.com>
      Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
      Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
      Cc: Leann Ogasawara <leann.ogasawara@canonical.com>
      Cc: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>
      Cc: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
      LKML-Reference: <1301939705-2404-1-git-send-email-mjg@redhat.com>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
      660e34ce
    • Linus Torvalds's avatar
      Linux 2.6.39-rc2 · 6221f222
      Linus Torvalds authored
      6221f222
  2. 05 Apr, 2011 38 commits