Re: [PATCH 15/15] Revert "x86: default to reboot via ACPI"

2008-11-06 Thread Len Brown
On Fri, 7 Nov 2008, Matthew Garrett wrote: > On Thu, Nov 06, 2008 at 07:30:43PM -0600, Robert Hancock wrote: > > > http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=8fd145917fb62368a9b80db59562c20576238f5a > > > > This patch ignores the RESET_REG_SUP flag and just tri

Re: [PATCH 15/15] Revert "x86: default to reboot via ACPI"

2008-11-06 Thread Len Brown
> > My expectation is that with the ACPI default, our problem > > is working around a finite list of old machines that don't work; > > while with the default KBD, our problem is working around > > a potentially unbounded list of yet to be shipped machines > > who may only be tested and work using

Re: [PATCH 15/15] Revert "x86: default to reboot via ACPI"

2008-11-06 Thread Len Brown
> > This reverts commit c7ffa6c26277b403920e2255d10df849bd613380. I agree that the 2.6.27 default was changed to ACPI for the wrong reason. However, I think it was the right thing to do, and if you didn't propose it, I would. My expectation is that with the ACPI default, our problem is working