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Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 12:27:13 -0500
From: Jon Smirl <jonsmirl@gmail.com>
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To: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
Subject: Re: Problem: how to sequence reset of PCI hardware
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On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 12:02:34 -0500, Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com> wrote:
> 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.

How does install module work if one driver is servicing several adapters?
What if one adapater is in the card at boot and another shows up via hotplug?

> 
>         Jeff
> 
> 


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Jon Smirl
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