x86: add ACPI reboot option

[linux-2.6] / Documentation / x86_64 / boot-options.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt b/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt
index 945311840a10d29be3f8c680f1124a01e8cd4bed..d7a33325868251a4b135e45ff64f1e0f176c6ebf 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt
@@ -110,12 +110,15 @@ Idle loop
 
 Rebooting
 
-   reboot=b[ios] | t[riple] | k[bd] [, [w]arm | [c]old]
+   reboot=b[ios] | t[riple] | k[bd] | a[cpi] [, [w]arm | [c]old]
    bios          Use the CPU reboot vector for warm reset
    warm   Don't set the cold reboot flag
    cold   Set the cold reboot flag
    triple Force a triple fault (init)
    kbd    Use the keyboard controller. cold reset (default)
+   acpi   Use the ACPI RESET_REG in the FADT. If ACPI is not configured or the
+          ACPI reset does not work, the reboot path attempts the reset using
+          the keyboard controller.
 
    Using warm reset will be much faster especially on big memory
    systems because the BIOS will not go through the memory check.