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SubjectRe: How to reset pci device
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Robert Hancock <hancockr@shaw.ca> writes:

> If you mean issuing a reset to that specific device, there is no
> portable way to do this, if there is any way at all. In most cases
> it's likely impossible to reset just one device on the PCI bus.

It's different if you're writing a driver for such device - it doesn't
have to be "portable", and many (all?) PCI glue chips can be reset (and
can reset the rest of stuff on the card) by writing to a special (bit)
register.
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Krzysztof Halasa
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