KICKSTART

Section: Message-based devices (9)
Updated: February 2011
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NAME

KickStart - Perform hard reset of MPT adapter.

SYNOPSIS

int KickStart(MPT_ADAPTER * ioc, int force, int sleepFlag);

ARGUMENTS

ioc

: Pointer to MPT_ADAPTER structure

force

: Force hard reset

sleepFlag

: Specifies whether the process can sleep

DESCRIPTION

This routine places MPT adapter in diagnostic mode via the WriteSequence register, and then performs a hard reset of adapter via the Diagnostic register.

INPUTS

sleepflag - CAN_SLEEP (non-interrupt thread) or NO_SLEEP (interrupt thread, use mdelay) force - 1 if doorbell active, board fault state board operational, IOC_RECOVERY or IOC_BRINGUP and there is an alt_ioc. 0 else

RETURNS

1 - hard reset, READY 0 - no reset due to History bit, READY -1 - no reset due to History bit but not READY OR reset but failed to come READY -2 - no reset, could not enter DIAG mode -3 - reset but bad FW bit