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Subject: Re: reboot hangs
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Maxim Sobolev wrote:
> Miles Fidelman wrote:
>> Just tried turning off ACPI in the BIOS - and that seems to work, so I 
>> expect ACPI_ENABLE=NO will too.
>>
>> But then power control goes out the window. I wonder what it is that 
>> Linux's reboot=b kernel switch does that leave ACPI active, but allows 
>> a reboot to work properly.
> 
> I have made some changes recently which should improve situation. They 
> are not included into 6.x yet, though.
> 
> -Maxim

Out of curiosity, what are the changes?  Are they something that could 
be patched into the current (or -release) version(s).

Thanks,

Miles