On Fri, 25 May 2007 21:58:09 -0500
Matt Domsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, May 23, 2007 at 01:12:44PM -0600, Tim Gardner wrote:
> > From: Tim Gardner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Subject: [PATCH] Work around Dell E520 BIOS reboot bug.
> >
> > Force Dell E520 to use the BIOS to shutdown/reboot.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Tim Gardner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> Acked-by: Matt Domsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> 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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: Andi Kleen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Acked-by: Matt Domsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---
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",
_
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