LOG_DEBUG(" ");
 
+       /* FIXME when halt is requested, make it work somehow... */
+
+       /* Issue some kind of warm reset. */
+       if (target_has_event_action(target, TARGET_EVENT_RESET_ASSERT)) {
+               target_handle_event(target, TARGET_EVENT_RESET_ASSERT);
+       } else if (jtag_get_reset_config() & RESET_HAS_SRST) {
+               /* REVISIT handle "pulls" cases, if there's
+                * hardware that needs them to work.
+                */
+               jtag_add_reset(0, 1);
+       } else {
+               LOG_ERROR("%s: how to reset?", target_name(target));
+               return ERROR_FAIL;
+       }
+
        /* registers are now invalid */
        register_cache_invalidate(armv7a->armv4_5_common.core_cache);
 
 
 static int cortex_a8_deassert_reset(struct target *target)
 {
+       int retval;
 
        LOG_DEBUG(" ");
 
-       if (target->reset_halt)
-       {
-               int retval;
-               if ((retval = target_halt(target)) != ERROR_OK)
-                       return retval;
+       /* be certain SRST is off */
+       jtag_add_reset(0, 0);
+
+       retval = cortex_a8_poll(target);
+
+       if (target->reset_halt) {
+               if (target->state != TARGET_HALTED) {
+                       LOG_WARNING("%s: ran after reset and before halt ...",
+                                       target_name(target));
+                       if ((retval = target_halt(target)) != ERROR_OK)
+                               return retval;
+               }
        }
 
        return ERROR_OK;