Re: [PATCH] Reboot through the BIOS on newer HP laptops

[Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>]

Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org> 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.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org>
> 
> --- a/arch/i386/kernel/reboot.c.orig	2005-09-20 18:54:50.000000000 +0100
> +++ a/arch/i386/kernel/reboot.c	2005-09-20 18:58:11.000000000 +0100
> @@ -135,6 +135,14 @@
>  			DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "PowerEdge 2400"),
>  		},
>  	},
> +	{       /* HP laptops have weird reboot issues */
> +	        .callback = set_bios_reboot,
> +		.ident = "HP Laptop",
> +		.matches = {
> +		        DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "Hewlett-Packard"),
> +			DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "HP Compaq"),
> +		},
> +	},
>  	{ }
>  };

This seems rather generic.  I recently added one entry:

	{	/* Handle problems with rebooting on HP nc6120 */
		.callback = set_bios_reboot,
		.ident = "HP Compaq nc6120",
		.matches = {
			DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "Hewlett-Packard"),
			DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "HP Compaq nc6120"),
		},
	},

But your patch will do this for all HP laptops, will it not?  Worrisome. 
Is it not possible to identify particular models?