Re: [PATCH] x86/shutdown: use ACPI reboot method for Dell PowerEdge R540

["Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@suse.com>]

>>> On 14.05.18 at 13:02, <ross.lagerwall@citrix.com> wrote:
> When EFI booting the Dell PowerEdge R540 it consistently wanders into
> the weeds and gets an invalid opcode in the EFI ResetSystem call. This
> is the same bug which affects the PowerEdge R740 so fix it in the same
> way: quirk this hardware to use the ACPI reboot method instead.
> 
> BIOS Information
>     Vendor: Dell Inc.
>     Version: 1.3.7
>     Release Date: 02/09/2018
> System Information
>     Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
>     Product Name: PowerEdge R540
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ross Lagerwall <ross.lagerwall@citrix.com>

Acked-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>
with a remark:

> --- a/xen/arch/x86/shutdown.c
> +++ b/xen/arch/x86/shutdown.c
> @@ -520,6 +520,15 @@ static struct dmi_system_id __initdata reboot_dmi_table[] = {
>              DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "PowerEdge R740"),
>          },
>      },
> +    {    /* Handle problems with rebooting on Dell PowerEdge R540. */
> +        .callback = override_reboot,
> +        .driver_data = (void *)(long)BOOT_ACPI,
> +        .ident = "Dell PowerEdge R540",
> +        .matches = {
> +            DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "Dell Inc."),
> +            DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "PowerEdge R540"),
> +        },
> +    },
>      { }

Assuming ordinary numbering of machine models (R540 being older than
R740), I think it would be better to place the new entry ahead of the
R740 one. Should I end up being the one to commit this, I would take the
liberty of doing the re-arrangement at that point.

Jan



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