[Acked][Oneiric][PATCH 1/1] UBUNTU: SAUCE: x86: reboot: Make Dell Latitude E6220 use reboot=pci

Seth Forshee seth.forshee at canonical.com
Thu Sep 15 18:24:06 UTC 2011


On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 09:58:44AM -0700, Leann Ogasawara wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> BugLink: http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/838402
> 
> == SRU Justification ==
> 
> It's been reported that the Dell Latitude E6220 doesn't reboot unless
> using reboot=pci.  The following patch resolves this issue and has been
> successfully tested.  Upstream is unfortunately not accepting any
> additional quirk patches like this as they would prefer to migrate to a
> more systematic approach.  Given that the patch is 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.
> 
> == Impact ==
> Affects Dell Latitude E6220 models.
> 
> == Test Case ==
> Without the patch, those with a Dell Latitude E6220 must use reboot=pci
> as a workaround in order for the system to successfully reboot.  With
> the patch applied, the work around is no longer needed.
> 
> == Fix ==
> See patch below.
> 
> From 0f6ecec81cf28e1916f52a856eff36353abe0aa3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Leann Ogasawara <leann.ogasawara at canonical.com>
> Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2011 07:30:16 -0700
> Subject: [PATCH] UBUNTU: SAUCE: x86: reboot: Make Dell Latitude E6220 use reboot=pci
> 
> BugLink: http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/838402
> 
> The Dell Latitude E6220 doesn't reboot unless reboot=pci is set.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Leann Ogasawara <leann.ogasawara at canonical.com>

Acked-by: Seth Forshee <seth.forshee at canonical.com>




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