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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/init.h | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | init/main.c | 20 |
3 files changed, 24 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 255ec535bba8..54983246930d 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -1370,6 +1370,9 @@ running once the system is up. Reserves a hole at the top of the kernel virtual address space. + reset_devices [KNL] Force drivers to reset the underlying device + during initialization. + resume= [SWSUSP] Specify the partition device for software suspend diff --git a/include/linux/init.h b/include/linux/init.h index 6667785dd1ff..e92b1455d7af 100644 --- a/include/linux/init.h +++ b/include/linux/init.h @@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ extern initcall_t __security_initcall_start[], __security_initcall_end[]; /* Defined in init/main.c */ extern char saved_command_line[]; +extern unsigned int reset_devices; /* used by init/main.c */ extern void setup_arch(char **); diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c index 913e48d658ee..0766e69712b2 100644 --- a/init/main.c +++ b/init/main.c @@ -128,6 +128,18 @@ static char *ramdisk_execute_command; static unsigned int max_cpus = NR_CPUS; /* + * If set, this is an indication to the drivers that reset the underlying + * device before going ahead with the initialization otherwise driver might + * rely on the BIOS and skip the reset operation. + * + * This is useful if kernel is booting in an unreliable environment. + * For ex. kdump situaiton where previous kernel has crashed, BIOS has been + * skipped and devices will be in unknown state. + */ +unsigned int reset_devices; +EXPORT_SYMBOL(reset_devices); + +/* * Setup routine for controlling SMP activation * * Command-line option of "nosmp" or "maxcpus=0" will disable SMP @@ -153,6 +165,14 @@ static int __init maxcpus(char *str) __setup("maxcpus=", maxcpus); +static int __init set_reset_devices(char *str) +{ + reset_devices = 1; + return 1; +} + +__setup("reset_devices", set_reset_devices); + static char * argv_init[MAX_INIT_ARGS+2] = { "init", NULL, }; char * envp_init[MAX_INIT_ENVS+2] = { "HOME=/", "TERM=linux", NULL, }; static const char *panic_later, *panic_param; |