On Tue, 26 Aug 2008, Avi Kivity wrote: > Most machines are recent machines.
This is a bold statement I would say. Any numbers to back it up? > If a machine doesn't have acpi, this change is safe. > > If a machine has acpi, but doesn't have the reset register set in the > FADT, this change is safe. > > If a machine has acpi, and the reset register is set incorrectly, this > change is safe. > > If a machine has acpi, and the reset register is wired to the launch > controller, then perhaps this change is unsafe. Don't issue sysrq-b on > such machines. If a machine has ACPI and it is broken randomly, then the results can be arbitrary. Hopefully not destructively. If even such a simple thing as wiring the reset line so that it functions correctly can be got wrong, more so can be more complex matters. Failing a better alternative, I suppose the change has to go in though. Maciej -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
