Re: [PATCH] Use correct x86 reboot vector

[CaT]

On Sat, May 10, 2003 at 04:56:34AM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:
> Extensive discussion by various experts on the [e-mail]
> mailing list concluded that the correct vector to restart an 286+ 
> CPU is f000:fff0, not ffff:0000. Both seem to work on current systems, 
> but the first is correct.

Could this bug, by any chance, cause a system to shutdown instead of
rebooting? This is what happens to me at the moment but not each and
every time.

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