Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-reboot

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Linux kernel
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Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-reboot
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Support Tooling And Documentation
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Documentation
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Support Tooling And Documentation: Documentation
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Repository support layer: documentation, build tooling, samples, user-space helper tools, generated initramfs support, licenses, and validation utilities.

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What:		/sys/kernel/reboot
Date:		November 2020
KernelVersion:	5.11
Contact:	Matteo Croce <teknoraver@meta.com>
Description:	Interface to set the kernel reboot behavior, similarly to
		what can be done via the reboot= cmdline option.
		(see Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt)

What:		/sys/kernel/reboot/mode
Date:		November 2020
KernelVersion:	5.11
Contact:	Matteo Croce <teknoraver@meta.com>
Description:	Reboot mode. Valid values are: cold warm hard soft gpio

What:		/sys/kernel/reboot/type
Date:		November 2020
KernelVersion:	5.11
Contact:	Matteo Croce <teknoraver@meta.com>
Description:	Reboot type. Valid values are: bios acpi kbd triple efi pci

What:		/sys/kernel/reboot/cpu
Date:		November 2020
KernelVersion:	5.11
Contact:	Matteo Croce <teknoraver@meta.com>
Description:	CPU number to use to reboot.

What:		/sys/kernel/reboot/force
Date:		November 2020
KernelVersion:	5.11
Contact:	Matteo Croce <teknoraver@meta.com>
Description:	Don't wait for any other CPUs on reboot and
		avoid anything that could hang.

What:		/sys/kernel/reboot/hw_protection
Date:		April 2025
KernelVersion:	6.15
Contact:	Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@pengutronix.de>
Description:	Hardware protection action taken on critical events like
		overtemperature or imminent voltage loss.
		Valid values are: reboot shutdown

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