SRU request for LP#249296

[Ben Collins]

On Mon, 2008-08-04 at 15:24 -0400, Stefan Bader wrote:
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/cmpc/+bug/249296
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> SRU justification:
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> Impact: After suspend the classmate PC will not reboot with any of the present
> boot methods, however it will reboot using the ACPI method (although its ACPI
> flags clearly deny this).
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> Fix: The fix backports the ability to use reboot=a on the commandline from
> upstream. It adds dmi exception tables to let the classmate use this method
> without checking the flags and sets this method as a default for it (also by
> dmi matching). So impact for other machines is not expected, since the default
> of using the keyboard controller remains.
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> Testcase: Reboot after suspend/resume on the classmate will hang without this,
> otherwise succeed.

Can we split this up then? It will make things easier to push upstream
changes and merge existing patches.