}
        LOG_DEBUG("jtag interface init complete");
 
-       /* Try to initialize & examine the JTAG chain at this point, but
-        * continue startup regardless */
+       /* Try to initialize & examine the JTAG chain at this point,
+        * but continue startup regardless.  Note that platforms
+        * need to be able to provide JTAG event handlers that use
+        * a variety of JTAG operations in order to do that...
+        */
+       command_context_mode(CMD_CTX, COMMAND_EXEC);
        if (command_run_line(CMD_CTX, "jtag init") == ERROR_OK)
        {
-               command_context_mode(CMD_CTX, COMMAND_EXEC);
                LOG_DEBUG("Examining targets...");
                if (target_examine() != ERROR_OK)
                        LOG_DEBUG("target examination failed");
-               command_context_mode(CMD_CTX, COMMAND_CONFIG);
        }
        else
                LOG_WARNING("jtag initialization failed; try 'jtag init' again.");
+       command_context_mode(CMD_CTX, COMMAND_CONFIG);
 
        if (command_run_line(CMD_CTX, "flash init") != ERROR_OK)
                return ERROR_FAIL;