From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jon Smirl Subject: Re: Problem: how to sequence reset of PCI hardware Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 11:52:27 -0500 Message-ID: <9e47339105022108527e3c679d@mail.gmail.com> References: <9e47339105022023242e2fd9ce@mail.gmail.com> <42199DD9.10807@pobox.com> Reply-To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Received: from sc8-sf-mx1-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.11] helo=sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1D3Gnw-0005l9-2W for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Mon, 21 Feb 2005 08:53:04 -0800 Received: from rproxy.gmail.com ([64.233.170.200]) by sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.41) id 1D3Gnu-00047b-CG for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Mon, 21 Feb 2005 08:53:03 -0800 Received: by rproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id z35so549004rne for ; Mon, 21 Feb 2005 08:52:27 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <42199DD9.10807@pobox.com> Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Jeff Garzik Cc: lkml , fbdev , Greg KH On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 03:37:45 -0500, Jeff Garzik 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 ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click