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    SubjectRe: [PATCH] kvm tools: powerpc: Implement "system-reboot" RTAS call
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    On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 8:48 AM, Michael Ellerman
    <michael@ellerman.id.au> wrote:
    > On some powerpc systems, reboot is implemented by an RTAS call by the
    > name of "system-reboot". Currently we don't implement it in kvmtool,
    > which means instead the guest prints an error and spins.
    >
    > This is particularly annoying because when the guest kernel panics it
    > will try to reboot, and end up spinning in the guest.
    >
    > We can't implement reboot properly, ie. causing a reboot, but it's still
    > preferable to implement it as halt rather than not implementing it at
    > all.
    >
    > Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <michael@ellerman.id.au>

    Applied, thanks Michael!


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