Warm reboot on 826x targets
Wolfgang Denk
wd at denx.de
Sat Apr 23 08:25:56 EST 2005
In message <20050422210610.GA9158 at gate.ebshome.net> you wrote:
>
> This is not relevant, because Linux doesn't use this "checkstop"
> trick. It directly just jumps to U-Boot warm-reboot entry point.
Which is a bad design desicion, IMHO. If you want to reset a board,
you should really RESET it (and give all attached peripherals a
chance to get reset, too), instead of just assuming everything is in
good shape an it's sufficient to just jump into some boot loader code
again.
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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