1. NAME▲

KickStart - Perform hard reset of MPT adapter.

2. SYNOPSIS ▲

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

3. ARGUMENTS ▲

ioc
    Pointer to MPT_ADAPTER structure

force
    Force hard reset

sleepFlag
    Specifies whether the process can sleep

4. 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.

5. 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

6. 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

7. COPYRIGHT ▲