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    SubjectRe: ThinkPad T400 : should kernel option "reboot=pci" be hard coded ?
    On 11:22 Mon 07 Jun     , Toralf Förster wrote:
    > Since some kernel version (IIRC since 2.6.31) it is necessary to boot the
    > linux kernel with that option to prevent an extra 9 seconds delay during
    > reboot.
    > I found this tip on the LKML -and now I'm wondering whether this option should
    > be hard coded in the kernel sources b/c it seems to be necessary for current
    > kernels too.

    Wow! That delay has been frustrating me since I bought my T500 last
    year. I had tried a couple reboot= options (triple, acpi) and they all
    had the delay, so I figured it was something inherent with the system
    firmware.

    But reboot=pci works perfectly! Thanks for the tip.

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    Nick Bowler, Elliptic Technologies (http://www.elliptictech.com/)
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