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NAME
       KickStart - Perform hard reset of MPT adapter.

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

ARGUMENTS
       ioc
	   Pointer to MPT_ADAPTER structure

       force
	   Force hard reset

       sleepFlag
	   Specifies whether the process can sleep

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.

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

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

COPYRIGHT
Kernel Hackers Manual 2.6.					     July 2010							      KICKSTART(9)