From: Tim Gardner <[email protected]>
Subject: [PATCH] Work around Dell E520 BIOS reboot bug.
Force Dell E520 to use the BIOS to shutdown/reboot.
Signed-off-by: Tim Gardner <[email protected]>
---
I have at least one report that this patch fixes shutdown/reboot
problems on the Dell E520 platform.
arch/i386/kernel/reboot.c | 8 ++++++++
1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/reboot.c b/arch/i386/kernel/reboot.c
index 3514b41..e33f51a 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/reboot.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/reboot.c
@@ -88,6 +88,14 @@ static int __init set_bios_reboot(struct dmi_system_id *d)
}
static struct dmi_system_id __initdata reboot_dmi_table[] = {
+ { /* Handle problems with rebooting on Dell E520's */
+ .callback = set_bios_reboot,
+ .ident = "Dell E520",
+ .matches = {
+ DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "Dell Inc."),
+ DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "Dell DM061"),
+ },
+ },
{ /* Handle problems with rebooting on Dell 1300's */
.callback = set_bios_reboot,
.ident = "Dell PowerEdge 1300",
--
1.4.4.2
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