I'd like to submit a kernel patch for a new sysctl to use EFI instead of ACPI for poweroff + reboot

[Conrad Meyer]

On Mon, Dec 10, 2018 at 3:56 PM <byuu at tutanota.com> wrote:
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> I made an account on reviews.freebsd.org, but it won't allow me to submit a patch via the website.

Hm, it should.  Oh well!

> Tutorials online want me to install a bunch of software, install certificates, configure Git, and ... I'm very sorry, but I don't have the patience just for a quick patch. No hard feelings if you can't use it like this.

No, it's fine.  We'll make it work.  Thanks.

> As far as the bug not occurring on your X399 ... very interesting. Are you using a Threadripper [2] as well? This user was having the same issue on the X399 as I am on my X399M: https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?threads/amd-threadripper-build.70194/#post-485064
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> I've exhausted all latest version BIOS settings, toggled lots of sysctl tunables, etc to no avail. Not a big deal really, just had nothing better to work on while waiting for 12-RELEASE ^-^;

First-gen Threadripper (1950x), and newest BIOS version (3.30).  I
might be misremembering, though — I rarely shut down this machine.
Usually either reboot or panic -> reboot :-).

Best,
Conrad