From: Tim Wright <timw@splhi.com>
To: dave.fraser@baesystems.com
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Resetting a PCI device
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 17:38:39 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20010427173839.A2220@kochanski> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <001901c0ceff$c0ae88e0$64ccdd89@edinbr.gmav.gecm.com>
In-Reply-To: <001901c0ceff$c0ae88e0$64ccdd89@edinbr.gmav.gecm.com>; from dave.fraser@baesystems.com on Fri, Apr 27, 2001 at 10:52:20AM +0100
Not generally.
Systems that support hot-plug PCI also have the ability to reset individual
PCI slots (ISTR that it's a requirement). Sadly, this facility is not
generally available on "normal" systems.
Tim
On Fri, Apr 27, 2001 at 10:52:20AM +0100, dave.fraser@baesystems.com wrote:
> Is there any way of issuing a PCI reset (safely) without rebooting? I am
> developing a peripheral device (using a pci card with an FPGA and a plx9080
> pci interface), and find that its local bus is prone to hanging up. It
> would be nice if I could just reset the entire device via the PCI reset,
> without having to go through the hassle of a reboot. Is this wishful
> thinking?
>
> - Dave
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-04-28 0:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-04-27 9:52 Resetting a PCI device dave.fraser
2001-04-27 10:17 ` Francois Romieu
2001-04-27 10:29 ` Eric Pennamen
2001-04-28 0:38 ` Tim Wright [this message]
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