On 01/05/2010 04:30 AM, Christian Hofstaedtler wrote:
> Newer hardware is assumed to no longer reboot succesfully using the
> keyboard controller, but needs to use ACPI instead.
> To not cause problems with older hardware, only hardware with a BIOS
> date 2006 or newer is considered for this choice.
>
> Also unifiy reboot_type selection code.
>
> + }
> + /* 0? Likely a buggy new BIOS */
> + if (year == 0) {
> + printk(KERN_ERR "reboot: DMI BIOS year==0, "
> + "assuming ACPI-reboot-capable machine\n");
> + return 1;
> + }
> + /* 2006 was decided as the cut-off year. */
> + if (year < 2006) {
> + return 0;
> + }
> + return 1;
> +}
> +
Why assume it is a buggy *new* BIOS rather than a buggy *old* BIOS?
-hpa
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H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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