On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 03:42:20PM -0800, Roland Dreier wrote: > > > If its reset in a standard path, then yes that seems sensible to me. > > I'm mainly concerned about avoiding something along the lines of: > > > > if (is_booting_from_kexec) > > reset_hw(); > > I think we all agree... the idea is to change from > > init_hw() > { > /* assume hw is in pristine state */ > do_init(); > } > > to > > init_hw() > { > /* hw is in unknown state */ > reset_hw(); > do_init(); > } > > - R. Yes, I think we all agree :-)