Re: Problem: how to sequence reset of PCI hardware

2005-02-21 Thread Jon Smirl
On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 12:02:34 -0500, Jeff Garzik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You do precisely what you just said: run it before the > device's probe function. > > That typically means either initramfs addition or using 'install > command...' in /etc/modprobe.conf. How does this work with a bu

Re: Problem: how to sequence reset of PCI hardware

2005-02-21 Thread Jon Smirl
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 registe

Re: Problem: how to sequence reset of PCI hardware

2005-02-21 Thread Jeff Garzik
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 i

Re: Problem: how to sequence reset of PCI hardware

2005-02-21 Thread Jon Smirl
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 bef

Re: Problem: how to sequence reset of PCI hardware

2005-02-21 Thread Jeff Garzik
Jon Smirl wrote: I haven't been able to come up with a reliable way to call a user space reset program from a driver's probe function except with an in-kernel emu86. Is there another way? I'd also like to try an find a solution that doesn't need to modify the 73 existing framebuffer drivers. You e