i386 cpu_reset_real: code/comment mismatch
Andriy Gapon
avg at icyb.net.ua
Mon May 12 15:05:31 UTC 2008
This is not a real issue, just a code clarification.
First a snippet from sys/i386/i386/vm_machdep.c, cpu_reset_real()
/*
* Attempt to force a reset via the Reset Control register at
* I/O port 0xcf9. Bit 2 forces a system reset when it is
* written as 1. Bit 1 selects the type of reset to attempt:
* 0 selects a "soft" reset, and 1 selects a "hard" reset. We
* try to do a "soft" reset first, and then a "hard" reset.
*/
outb(0xcf9, 0x2);
outb(0xcf9, 0x6);
I think that the comment is correct up to but not including the last
sentence. Writing 0x2 sets bit 1 to 1 (thus selecting hard reset), and
writing 0x6 sets both bits 2 and 1 to 1 (thus performing hard reset).
So we always just do a hard reset, no trying of soft reset (would it
even make sense to do the last line of the comment says).
--
Andriy Gapon
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