On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 12:02:34 -0500, Jeff Garzik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jon Smirl wrote: > > On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 03:37:45 -0500, Jeff Garzik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 > > -- Jon Smirl [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
