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From: Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] X86: Revamp reboot behaviour to match Windows more
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On Fri, 11 Mar 2011, Matthew Garrett wrote:

> Windows reboots by hitting the ACPI reboot vector (if available), trying
> the keyboard controller, hitting the ACPI reboot vector again and then
> giving the keyboard controller one last go. Rework our reboot process a
> little to default to matching this behaviour, although we'll fall through
> to attempting a triple fault if nothing else works.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <mjg@redhat.com>

Acked-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>

This looks like "tip" material.

thanks,
Len Brown, Intel Open Source Technology Center