>>>>> "Peter" == Peter De Schrijver <pdeschrijver@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: >> >> Also, IMHO reset should always be done during probe() so driver can be >> dead sure that we're starting from a known state. This is even more Peter> Depends on the IP block. Eg: you might want to keep the screen Peter> showing the contents drawn by the bootloader while booting the Peter> kernel and smoothly change to a new image when userspace comes Peter> online. In that case you probably don't want to blindly reset Peter> the display controller for example. Indeed. Another recent example was gpio pins (controlling stuff like reset signals) where the bootloader had already set things up correctly and the reset caused pins to toggle. -- Bye, Peter Korsgaard -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-omap" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
