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From: Oleg Verych <olecom@flower.upol.cz>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] boot: small change of halt method
Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 00:03:20 +0200
Organization: Palacky University in Olomouc, experimental physics dep.
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H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Andrew Brukhov wrote:
> 
>> I'm new here.
>> After reading boot code i'm immidiatly change this string:
...
>> + * Small fix of halt method Andrew Brukhov, Aug. 2006                 */
>>  
<http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/tpp.txt>

> 
>     while (1)
>         asm volatile("hlt");
> 
> ... since HLT only pauses until interrupt.
> 
Why not to have a reboot here?
Testing and getting such errors on my laptop, it needs a power cycle.

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