Bug 807208

Summary: Dell optiplex 390 hangs on reboot
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: chedi toueiti <chedi.toueiti>
Component: kernelAssignee: Kernel Maintainer List <kernel-maint>
Status: CLOSED NOTABUG QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 16CC: gansalmon, itamar, jfeeney, jonathan, kernel-maint, madhu.chinakonda
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Hardware: x86_64   
OS: Linux   
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Description chedi toueiti 2012-03-27 09:50:50 UTC 
Description of problem:
The system hangs when rebooting


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
kernel-devel-3.2.10-3.fc16.x86_64
kernel-3.3.0-4.fc16.x86_64
kernel-headers-3.3.0-4.fc16.x86_64
kernel-3.2.10-3.fc16.x86_64
kernel-devel-3.3.0-4.fc16.x86_64

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. reboot the machine
  
Actual results:
Machine hangs

Expected results:
rebooting

Additional info:
The problem seems to be solved by adding the kernel parameter reboot=pci
Comment 1 Dave Jones 2012-03-27 14:55:24 UTC 
this is a Dell BIOS bug. Either put up with using that workaround, or disable virtualisation in the BIOS.