I'd like to submit a kernel patch for a new sysctl to use EFI instead of ACPI for poweroff + reboot

byuu at tutanota.com byuu at tutanota.com
Tue Dec 11 01:19:40 UTC 2018



> Hm, it should.  Oh well!
>
The tutorial I read said to use "Code Review" on the left, which wasn't there for me =/

>> No, it's fine.  We'll make it work.  Thanks.
>>
That's very generous, thank you! If you're ever in Tokyo, I owe you a beer ;)

I'll learn Phabricator for next time. Apologies again.

> First-gen Threadripper (1950x), and newest BIOS version (3.30).  I
> might be misremembering, though — I rarely shut down this machine.
> Usually either reboot or panic -> reboot :-).
>
Hmm, then it reduces the value of the patch somewhat ... perhaps it's a TR2-only issue? Tried 3.20 and 3.30 here.

Well, I already spent two days on this and have wasted enough of your time, to save myself five seconds on shutting down ... thank you again! ^-^;




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