Comment 2 for bug 323592

Attaching a possible patch for the kernel team to consider. Will inline below as well:

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/reboot.c b/arch/x86/kernel/reboot.c
index 0d897f8..66a9cfc 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/reboot.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/reboot.c
@@ -211,6 +211,14 @@ static struct dmi_system_id __initdata reboot_dmi_table[] = {
            DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "HP Compaq"),
        },
    },
+ { /* Handle problems with rebooting on Dell XPS710 */
+ .callback = set_bios_reboot,
+ .ident = "Dell XPS710",
+ .matches = {
+ DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "Dell Inc."),
+ DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "Dell XPS710"),
+ },
+ },
    { }
 };