Re: EFI reboot vs. ACPI reboot (was: Re: [tip:x86/urgent] x86/reboot, efi: Use EFI reboot for Acer TravelMate X514-51T)

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Wed Apr 17 2019 - 14:23:48 EST



* Prakhya, Sai Praneeth <sai.praneeth.prakhya@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I will ask around internally to check if it is a good idea to make EFI
> reboot the default method when the machine is booted in EFI mode.

Or whether there's some robust signature that indicates "modern EFI
system where EFI reboot is the primary method"?

Major EFI version or ACPI version or such?

Thanks,

Ingo