Re: [PATCH] x86/ACPI: Make Sony Vaio Z1 series to use "reboot=pci" default

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On 10/25/2013 06:53 PM, Ingo Molnar wrote:

* tianyu.lan@xxxxxxxxx <tianyu.lan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

From: Lan Tianyu <tianyu.lan@xxxxxxxxx>

Sony Vaio Z1 series require "reboot=pci" for reboot and power off.
This patch is to add them machines to quirk table and set pci reboot
default.

Reference: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=61721
Reported-and-tested-by: Adam Williamson <awilliam@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Lan Tianyu <tianyu.lan@xxxxxxxxx>
---
  arch/x86/kernel/reboot.c |    8 ++++++++
  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/reboot.c b/arch/x86/kernel/reboot.c
index 7e920bf..083ade7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/reboot.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/reboot.c
@@ -382,6 +382,14 @@ static struct dmi_system_id __initdata reboot_dmi_table[] = {
  			DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "C6100"),
  		},
  	},
+	{	/* Handle problems with rebooting on Sony Vaio Z1 series*/
+		.callback = set_pci_reboot,
+		.ident = "Sony Vaio Z1",
+		.matches = {
+		DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "Sony Corporation"),
+		DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "VPCZ1"),
+		},
+	},

This is becoming somewhat endemic - do we know _why_ the ACPI reboot
method does not work?

We reworked the x86 reboot sequence 2.5 years agom, in:

  commit 660e34cebf0a11d54f2d5dd8838607452355f321
  Author: Matthew Garrett <mjg@xxxxxxxxxx>
  Date:   Mon Apr 4 13:55:05 2011 -0400

     x86: Reorder reboot method preferences

     We have a never ending stream of 'reboot quirks' for new boxes
     that will not reboot properly under Linux (they will hang on
     reboot).

     The reason is widespread 'Windows compatible' assumption of modern
     x86 hardware, which expects the following reboot sequence:

      - hitting the ACPI reboot vector (if available)
      - trying the keyboard controller
      - hitting the ACPI reboot vector again
      - then giving the keyboard controller one last go

     This sequence expectation gets more and more embedded in modern
     hardware, which often lacks a keyboard controller and may even
     lock up if the legacy io ports are hit - and which hardware is
     often not tested with Linux during development.

     The end result is that reboot works under Windows-alike OSs but not
     under Linux.

     Rework our reboot process to meet this hardware externality a little
     better and match this assumption of newer x86 hardware.

     In addition to the ACPI,kbd,ACPI,kbd sequence we'll still fall
     through to attempting a legacy triple fault if nothing else
     works - and keep trying that and the kbd reset.

     [...]

Do we know why reboot apparently works quickly enough on Windows on
this laptop, but not under Linux? Does Windows use the ACPI reboot
method? If yes, does it use a different pattern?

Is it all perhaps virtualization or IRQ routing related?

I.e. we really need a real analysis here, not just a quirk!

Sorry about this. Will do some analyses.


Thanks,

	Ingo


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