Re: Problem: how to sequence reset of PCI hardware

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 either need to execute the video BIOS to initialize the hardware 
registers, or initialize the hardware registers themselves.

	Jeff