Re: Patch: linux-2.5.42/kernel/sys.c - warm reboot should not suspend devices

[Richard B. Johnson]

On 14 Oct 2002, Eric W. Biederman wrote:

> 
> So in summary.
> - Asserting the system level reset line is the most reliable way to
>   reboot.  
[SNIPPED...to save space]

I think you can get all the PCI Bus-Masters shut off simply
by writing PCI device 0 (The bridge itself) command register
to 0.

This is what I do in my BIOS (Intel dest<--source):

;-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
;
;	The PCI bus may be on from a previous boot or from a failure to
;	reset. This causes a lot of problems that took me weeks to find.
;	Make sure the damn thing is dead, dead, dead before we continue.
;	It is not sufficient to just clear SYSARBMEMB as the documentation
;	shows. PCI devices will "jabber", corrupting data if the host
;	bridge is not turned off.
;
	MOV	DX,PCICFGADR			; PCI configuration address
	MOV	EAX,80000004H			; Enable, index 1 (command)
	OUT	DX,EAX				; Set index register
	MOV	DX,PCICFGDATA			; Data address
	IN	EAX,DX				; Get status/command
	AND	EAX,0FFFF0000H			; Really turn it OFF
	OUT	DX,EAX				; This should do it.
;
	MOV	WORD PTR DS:[SYSARBMEMB],00H	; Now disable PCI access
	MOV	DX,PCICFGADR			; PCI configuration address
	MOV	EAX,80000000H			; Enable, index 0
	OUT	DX,EAX				; Set index register
	MOV	DX,PCICFGDATA			; Data address
	IN	EAX,DX				; Get, throw away

Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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