From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
Subject: Re: Problem: how to sequence reset of PCI hardware
Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 12:02:34 -0500
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To: Jon Smirl <jonsmirl@gmail.com>
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Jon Smirl wrote:
> 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.

<shrug>  You do precisely what you just said:  run it before the 
device's probe function.

That typically means either initramfs addition or using 'install 
<module> command...' in /etc/modprobe.conf.

	Jeff