Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755980AbYH0NNg (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:13:36 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754858AbYH0NN1 (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:13:27 -0400 Received: from gprs189-60.eurotel.cz ([160.218.189.60]:2687 "EHLO spitz.ucw.cz" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754788AbYH0NN0 (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:13:26 -0400 Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:13:13 +0200 From: Pavel Machek To: Avi Kivity Cc: Andi Kleen , "Maciej W. Rozycki" , Alan Cox , Ingo Molnar , "Eric W. Biederman" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: default to reboot via ACPI Message-ID: <20080827131312.GA6221@ucw.cz> References: <1219659087-17536-1-git-send-email-avi@qumranet.com> <20080826095032.GA309@elf.ucw.cz> <48B3D579.40502@qumranet.com> <20080826113317.520cbab1@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> <48B3F3A9.8030709@qumranet.com> <87fxorsqdx.fsf@basil.nowhere.org> <20080827091810.GB1688@elf.ucw.cz> <48B531BD.20608@qumranet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <48B531BD.20608@qumranet.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1070 Lines: 30 On Wed 2008-08-27 13:51:41, Avi Kivity wrote: > Pavel Machek wrote: > >I'd not count of this. When you relegate laptop to > >"quiet home server" > >role, the mechanical stresses suddenly stop, and I'd > >expect it to > >survive for long long years. > > > > For every user who uses an old laptop as a home server, > or has a "best MIPS64 box", there are maybe five million > users with a 0-3 year old x86 computer (they don't know > that it's really a "box"). Five million... um yes, probably, and those five million users run Windows Vista... So lets not introduce regressions, please. (Anyway, the patch is probably good, but 'old machines do not matter' is not.) Pavel -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html -- 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/