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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Use correct x86 reboot vector
Date: 9 May 2003 20:58:09 -0700
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Followup to:  <20030510033504.GA1789@zip.com.au>
By author:    CaT <cat@zip.com.au>
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>
> On Sat, May 10, 2003 at 04:56:34AM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > Extensive discussion by various experts on the discuss@x86-64.org
> > mailing list concluded that the correct vector to restart an 286+ 
> > CPU is f000:fff0, not ffff:0000. Both seem to work on current systems, 
> > but the first is correct.
> 
> Could this bug, by any chance, cause a system to shutdown instead of
> rebooting? This is what happens to me at the moment but not each and
> every time.
> 

No, it wouldn't.

	-hpa
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