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Re: [Xen-devel] [patch]Add a new reboot method

>>> Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 29.05.08 13:49 >>>
>> to be affected: Linux post 2.6.22 (iirc) fails to reboot my Dell Precision
>> 490 correctly, I have to force it to use the CF9 method. I tried looking
>> into the changes that got made in that area, but wasn't able to (spend
>> enough time to) pin-point the problem so far.
>
>You might want to boot a 32bit kernel and try acpi=off, if that does the
>trick then its (another) ACPI bug and the cf9 is red herring ?

As Keir also pointed out, there's no ACPI involved in rebooting. I also
did verify (in a 32-bit kernel) that it's the keyboard boot sequence that
causes the machine to hang.

Jan


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