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  1. Bug #488319
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Comment 10 for bug 488319

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Geir Ove Myhr (gomyhr) wrote : Re: [Bug 488319] Re: Reboot hangs on Dell Optiplex 760 (workaround: reboot=bios)

Thanks. In the 745 case IIRC, the DMI_BOARD_NAME was eventually
dropped, since it turned out to be several (i.e. more than two)
different board names out there (cf. bug 115011). Actually, there
seems to be redundant 745 quirks in reboot.c now, since one of them
only checks for DMI_SYS_VENDOR and DMI_PRODUCT_NAME while the others
also check for DMI_BOARD_NAME.

Anyhow, it may be better to quirk conservatively, and then extend if
needed. At least it is now documented here that if someone has this
problem on an Optiplex 760 USFF after this bug has been marked as
fixed, the first thing to look for is if the board name is 0G919G, and
if it's not, the quirk needs an update. (The board name can be found
in the output of `sudo dmidecode`).