From: Alistair John Strachan <s0348365@sms.ed.ac.uk>
To: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Reboot through the BIOS on newer HP laptops
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 07:26:16 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200511240726.16669.s0348365@sms.ed.ac.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20051124052107.GA28070@srcf.ucam.org>
On Thursday 24 November 2005 05:21, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> Newer HP laptops (nc4200, nc6xxx, nc8xxx) hang on reboot with a standard
> configuration. Passing reboot=b makes them work. This patch adds a DMI
> quirk that defaults them to this mode, and doesn't appear to have any
> adverse affects on older HPs.
Might be better to specify machines that actually have this issue. My NC6000
does not have any reboot issues with current or prior kernels, and such a
change risks regressing that.
--
Cheers,
Alistair.
'No sense being pessimistic, it probably wouldn't work anyway.'
Third year Computer Science undergraduate.
1F2 55 South Clerk Street, Edinburgh, UK.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-11-24 7:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-11-24 5:21 Matthew Garrett
2005-11-24 7:26 ` Alistair John Strachan [this message]
2005-11-24 7:29 ` Matthew Garrett
2005-11-27 4:33 ` Andrew Morton
2005-11-27 11:56 ` Matthew Garrett
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