APPLIED: [Oneiric][PATCH 1/1] UBUNTU: SAUCE: x86: reboot: Make Dell Optiplex 790 use reboot=pci

Tim Gardner tcanonical at tpi.com
Fri Sep 9 21:34:34 UTC 2011


On 09/09/2011 01:23 PM, Leann Ogasawara wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/818933
>
> It's been reported that the Dell Optiplex 790 doesn't reboot unless
> using reboot=pci.  The following patch resolves this issue and has been
> successfully tested by multiple users.  Upstream is unfortunately not
> accepting any additional quirk patches like this as they would prefer to
> migrate to a more systematic approach.
>
> So with Kernel Freeze looming for Oneiric, the patch being system
> specific (ie low risk of regression), precedence for similar quirk
> patches already existing, and having received positive test results, I
> feel it should be carried as a SAUCE patch until a more systematic
> approach can be found which upstream will accept.
>
> As a side note, I'm starting to accumulate a handful of these reboot
> quirks for Dell Optiplex and Latitude systems.  I'm just waiting on test
> confirmation before submitting the patches here.
>
> Thanks,
> Leann
>
>  From 8444722f96d3b0875a0044683dc1c1cd92c0097a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Leann Ogasawara<leann.ogasawara at canonical.com>
> Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2011 07:44:30 -0700
> Subject: [PATCH] UBUNTU: SAUCE: x86: reboot: Make Dell Optiplex 790 use reboot=pci
>
> BugLink: http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/818933
>
> The Dell Optiplex 790 doesn't reboot unless reboot=pci is set.
>
> Signed-off-by: Leann Ogasawara<leann.ogasawara at canonical.com>
> ---
>   arch/x86/kernel/reboot.c |    8 ++++++++
>   1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/reboot.c b/arch/x86/kernel/reboot.c
> index 6ac6e12..3906b56 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/reboot.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/reboot.c
> @@ -451,6 +451,14 @@ static struct dmi_system_id __initdata pci_reboot_dmi_table[] = {
>   			DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "Latitude E6520"),
>   		},
>   	},
> +	{       /* Handle problems with rebooting on the OptiPlex 790. */
> +		.callback = set_pci_reboot,
> +		.ident = "Dell OptiPlex 790",
> +		.matches = {
> +			DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "Dell Inc."),
> +			DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "OptiPlex 790"),
> +		},
> +	},
>   	{ }
>   };
>


-- 
Tim Gardner tim.gardner at canonical.com




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