From: Jon Smirl <jonsmirl@gmail.com>
To: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
Cc: lkml <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
fbdev <linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>,
Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Subject: Re: Problem: how to sequence reset of PCI hardware
Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 11:52:27 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <9e47339105022108527e3c679d@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <42199DD9.10807@pobox.com>
On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 03:37:45 -0500, Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com> wrote:
> You either need to execute the video BIOS to initialize the hardware
> registers, or initialize the hardware registers themselves.
That is what the user mode reset program does.
The problem is, how do I get it to run before calling the device's
probe function? Most of the framebuffer drivers assume that the
hardware has already been reset in their probe code.
>
> Jeff
>
>
--
Jon Smirl
jonsmirl@gmail.com
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WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: Jon Smirl <jonsmirl@gmail.com>
To: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
Cc: lkml <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
fbdev <linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>,
Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Subject: Re: Problem: how to sequence reset of PCI hardware
Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 11:52:27 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <9e47339105022108527e3c679d@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <42199DD9.10807@pobox.com>
On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 03:37:45 -0500, Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com> wrote:
> You either need to execute the video BIOS to initialize the hardware
> registers, or initialize the hardware registers themselves.
That is what the user mode reset program does.
The problem is, how do I get it to run before calling the device's
probe function? Most of the framebuffer drivers assume that the
hardware has already been reset in their probe code.
>
> Jeff
>
>
--
Jon Smirl
jonsmirl@gmail.com
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-02-21 16:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-02-21 7:24 Problem: how to sequence reset of PCI hardware Jon Smirl
2005-02-21 7:24 ` Jon Smirl
2005-02-21 8:37 ` Jeff Garzik
2005-02-21 16:52 ` Jon Smirl [this message]
2005-02-21 16:52 ` Jon Smirl
2005-02-21 17:02 ` Jeff Garzik
2005-02-21 17:27 ` Jon Smirl
2005-02-21 17:27 ` Jon Smirl
2005-02-21 17:33 ` Jon Smirl
2005-02-21 17:33 ` Jon Smirl
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