Re: [PATCH] Use correct x86 reboot vector
H. Peter Anvin (hpa@zytor.com)
9 May 2003 20:58:09 -0700
Followup to: <20030510033504.GA1789@zip.com.au>
By author: CaT <cat@zip.com.au>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> On Sat, May 10, 2003 at 04:56:34AM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > Extensive discussion by various experts on the discuss@x86-64.org
> > 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.
>
No, it wouldn't.
-hpa
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