Re: Reboot-by-BIOS-jump-patch

Hans Lermen (lermen@elserv.ffm.fgan.de)
Mon, 21 Oct 1996 17:49:04 +0200 (MET DST)


On Mon, 21 Oct 1996, Matthias Urlichs wrote:

> Well, here it is again; I modified the thing so that's (a) properly
> indented and (b) you can control whether to boot via the BIOS by saying
> "reboot=bios" or "reboot=hard" on the LILO command line (or its append=
> string). Stuff like "reboot=cold,bios" works, too.
>
> Linus: Please include in the kernel. Without it, a lot of boards with the
> newer AMD 486/100 and /133 chips (mine included) don't want to reboot at
> all.

Well, I'll vote for this.

>
> Anyway, if the original author of this patch would kindly step forward and
> accept the blame  credit for it...

AFAIK the credits for this patch should go to
Jamie Lokier <jamie@rebellion.co.uk>,
who originally posted it on linux-kernel.

Hans
<lermen@fgan.de>