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SubjectRe: [BUG] x86: reboot doesn't reboot
On Fri, Apr 04, 2014 at 08:39:51AM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
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> There are several platforms where the default boot method invokes an SMM
> handler which blithly assumes that the hardware is in whatever state
> Windows leaves it in, and hangs otherwise. This seems to include nearly
> all Dell systems. So it isn't really quite that simple...

That's the story of all firmware, ever.

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Matthew Garrett | mjg59@srcf.ucam.org


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