[Xen-devel] Re: [patch]Add a new reboot method

[Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Is it really a good idea to go poking an arbitrary I/O port without some kind of probing for its purpose? Do we even care about having a more efficient reboot method when the current methods are surely all sub-second already?

 -- Keir

On 29/5/08 10:20, "Chen, Huacai" <huacai.chen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi, Keir,
>  
> New chipsets support a new reboot method by writing port 0xcf9, sometimes this is more efficient than “keyboard controller reboot” and “triple fault reboot”. This patch add this new method and use it as a preferable one.
>  
> Signed-off-by: Huacai Chen <huacai.chen@xxxxxxxxx>
>  




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