Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Fri, 27 Apr 2001 17:38:39 -0700 | From | Tim Wright <> | Subject | Re: Resetting a PCI device |
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Not generally. Systems that support hot-plug PCI also have the ability to reset individual PCI slots (ISTR that it's a requirement). Sadly, this facility is not generally available on "normal" systems.
Tim
On Fri, Apr 27, 2001 at 10:52:20AM +0100, dave.fraser@baesystems.com wrote: > Is there any way of issuing a PCI reset (safely) without rebooting? I am > developing a peripheral device (using a pci card with an FPGA and a plx9080 > pci interface), and find that its local bus is prone to hanging up. It > would be nice if I could just reset the entire device via the PCI reset, > without having to go through the hassle of a reboot. Is this wishful > thinking? > > - Dave > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Dave Fraser > Development Engineer > BAE Systems, Ferry Road, > Edinburgh, EH5 2XS > Tel: +44 131 3434729 > Fax: +44 131 3434124 > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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