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22 lines
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Markdown
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Vendor Reset
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The goal of this project is to provide a kernel module that is capable of
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resetting hardware devices into a state where they can be re-initialized or
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passed through into a virtual machine (VFIO). While it would be great to have
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these in the kernel as PCI quirks, some of the reset procedures are very complex
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and would never be accepted as a quirk (ie AMD Vega 10).
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By providing this as an out of tree kernel module, vendors will be able to
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easily create pull requests to add functionallity to this module, and users will
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be able to easily update this module without requiring a complete kernel rebuild.
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If you are a vendor intending to add support for your device to this project
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please first consider two things:
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1. Can you fix your hardware/firmware to reset correctly using FLR or a BUS
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reset?
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2. Is the reset simple enough that it should really be a kernel pci quirk
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(see: pci_quirk.c)?
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If you answer yes to either of these questions this project is not for you.
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