Some boards can't tolerate IP blocks being reset when they are initialized.
Michael Büsch cites a case with the Nokia N810:

    http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-omap/msg47277.html

To allow such boards to continue working normally, allow board file
maintainers to mark IP blocks to prevent them from being reset upon
init.  This is done via a hwmod function, omap_hwmod_no_setup_reset().
Signed-off-by: Paul Walmsley <paul@pwsan.com>
Cc: Michael Buesch <mb@bu3sch.de>