This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled parisc: Allow to reboot machine after system halt to the 4.19-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: parisc-allow-to-reboot-machine-after-system-halt.patch and it can be found in the queue-4.19 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From 2028315cf59bb899a5ac7e87dc48ecb8fac7ac24 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Helge Deller <deller@xxxxxx> Date: Mon, 22 May 2023 22:57:30 +0200 Subject: parisc: Allow to reboot machine after system halt From: Helge Deller <deller@xxxxxx> commit 2028315cf59bb899a5ac7e87dc48ecb8fac7ac24 upstream. In case a machine can't power-off itself on system shutdown, allow the user to reboot it by pressing the RETURN key. Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # v4.14+ Signed-off-by: Helge Deller <deller@xxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/parisc/kernel/process.c | 11 ++++++++--- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) --- a/arch/parisc/kernel/process.c +++ b/arch/parisc/kernel/process.c @@ -138,13 +138,18 @@ void machine_power_off(void) /* It seems we have no way to power the system off via * software. The user has to press the button himself. */ - printk(KERN_EMERG "System shut down completed.\n" - "Please power this system off now."); + printk("Power off or press RETURN to reboot.\n"); /* prevent soft lockup/stalled CPU messages for endless loop. */ rcu_sysrq_start(); lockup_detector_soft_poweroff(); - for (;;); + while (1) { + /* reboot if user presses RETURN key */ + if (pdc_iodc_getc() == 13) { + printk("Rebooting...\n"); + machine_restart(NULL); + } + } } void (*pm_power_off)(void); Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from deller@xxxxxx are queue-4.19/parisc-allow-to-reboot-machine-after-system-halt.patch