Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] power: reset: Add QEMU virt-ctrl driver

On Thu, 2 Apr 2026 at 23:52, Sebastian Reichel
<[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 22, 2026 at 05:32:24PM +0000, Kuan-Wei Chiu wrote:
> > Add a new driver for the 'virt-ctrl' device found on QEMU virt machines
> > (e.g. m68k). This device provides a simple interface for system reset
> > and power off [1].
> >
> > This driver utilizes the modern system-off API to register callbacks
> > for both system restart and power off. It also registers a reboot
> > notifier to catch SYS_HALT events, ensuring that LINUX_REBOOT_CMD_HALT
> > is properly handled. It is designed to be generic and can be reused by
> > other architectures utilizing this QEMU device.
> >
> > Link: https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/blob/v10.2.0/hw/misc/virt_ctrl.c [1]
> > Signed-off-by: Kuan-Wei Chiu <[email protected]>
> > ---
>
> I think this should be merged with the second patch via the m68k
> tree:
>
> Acked-by: Sebastian Reichel <[email protected]>

Thanks, will queue in the m68k tree for v7.2.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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