KICKSTART(9)                          Message-based devices                          KICKSTART(9)



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

RETURN
       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

COPYRIGHT
Kernel Hackers Manual 4.8.                 January 2017                              KICKSTART(9)