Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751065AbXE2WeW (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 May 2007 18:34:22 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751002AbXE2Wdy (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 May 2007 18:33:54 -0400 Received: from smtp1.linux-foundation.org ([207.189.120.13]:46935 "EHLO smtp1.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750883AbXE2Wdx (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 May 2007 18:33:53 -0400 Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 15:33:31 -0700 From: Andrew Morton To: Matt Domsch Cc: Tim Gardner , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, tim.gardner@ubuntu.com, Andi Kleen , stable@kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] Work around Dell E520 BIOS reboot bug. Message-Id: <20070529153331.7b643698.akpm@linux-foundation.org> In-Reply-To: <20070526025809.GA23351@lists.us.dell.com> References: <20070523191244.50078196AA1@rtg.theglobal.net> <20070526025809.GA23351@lists.us.dell.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.2.7 (GTK+ 2.8.6; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1946 Lines: 64 On Fri, 25 May 2007 21:58:09 -0500 Matt Domsch wrote: > On Wed, May 23, 2007 at 01:12:44PM -0600, Tim Gardner wrote: > > From: Tim Gardner > > Subject: [PATCH] Work around Dell E520 BIOS reboot bug. > > > > Force Dell E520 to use the BIOS to shutdown/reboot. > > > > Signed-off-by: Tim Gardner > > Acked-by: Matt Domsch > > Thanks Tim for submitting this. Do you think this is also required in 2.6.21.x? Andi: ack for 2.6.22 inclusion? Thanks. From: Tim Gardner Force Dell E520 to use the BIOS to shutdown/reboot. I have at least one report that this patch fixes shutdown/reboot problems on the Dell E520 platform. Signed-off-by: Tim Gardner Cc: Andi Kleen Acked-by: Matt Domsch Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- arch/i386/kernel/reboot.c | 8 ++++++++ 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+) diff -puN arch/i386/kernel/reboot.c~work-around-dell-e520-bios-reboot-bug arch/i386/kernel/reboot.c --- a/arch/i386/kernel/reboot.c~work-around-dell-e520-bios-reboot-bug +++ a/arch/i386/kernel/reboot.c @@ -89,6 +89,14 @@ static int __init set_bios_reboot(struct } static struct dmi_system_id __initdata reboot_dmi_table[] = { + { /* Handle problems with rebooting on Dell E520's */ + .callback = set_bios_reboot, + .ident = "Dell E520", + .matches = { + DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "Dell Inc."), + DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "Dell DM061"), + }, + }, { /* Handle problems with rebooting on Dell 1300's */ .callback = set_bios_reboot, .ident = "Dell PowerEdge 1300", _ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/