Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH][RESEND] Add monitor command for system_reboot

[Avi Kivity]

On 07/07/2009 10:26 PM, Ryan Harper wrote:
> Add a new monitor command (system_reboot) for a soft reboot which uses
> system_powerdown to trigger ACPI shutdown in the guest and once shutdown
> is complete, trigger a reset instead of exiting qemu.
>
> Depends on commit a6d6552426dcbf726e5549f08b70c9318d6be14b which enabled
> ACPI power button support.
>
> V2:
>      -added reset handler to lower the reboot flag on reset.
>
> Tested with:
>      - Ubuntu 9.04 64-bit guest.
>      - SLES 10 SP2 32-bit guest.
>      - RHEL 5.3 32 and 64 bit guests.
>
>    

I think a combination of system_powerdown, avoiding exit on shutdown, 
and system_reset is more flexible as it allows the controller to modify 
the guest before rebooting it.

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