Date   : Tue, 30 Nov 2010 01:33:07 +0000
From   : jgh@... (J.G.Harston)
Subject: remote access via serial link

Rick Murray wrote:
> A *hard* reset tugs on the !RST line which resets the hardware to a
> specific known state ...
> This could have consequences if the reset code makes any assumptions,
> such as "let's not bother disabling VIA IRQs because that's the
> situation as of reset" (but *NOT* when running).

Exactly!

I've spent way too much of my life repairing software that
kills off my hardware by doing a CALL!-4 and when the reset
code find the hardware isn't in the expected reset state it
disables it.

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J.G.Harston - jgh@...