diff --git a/src/jtag/jtag.c b/src/jtag/jtag.c
index c73e0c9aa879663b1056e796215d2b2591c44a78..291c40107c791e4e6c9b5298c9be8bbc2445ed2a 100644
--- a/src/jtag/jtag.c
+++ b/src/jtag/jtag.c
@@ -898,6 +898,23 @@ void jtag_add_reset(int req_tlr_or_trst, int req_srst)
 	int trst_with_tlr = 0;
 	int retval;
 	
+	/* FIX!!! there are *many* different cases here. A better
+	 * approach is needed for legal combinations of transitions...
+	*/
+	if ((jtag_reset_config & RESET_HAS_SRST)&&
+			(jtag_reset_config & RESET_HAS_TRST)&& 
+			((jtag_reset_config & RESET_SRST_PULLS_TRST)==0)&&
+			((jtag_reset_config & RESET_TRST_PULLS_SRST)==0))
+	{
+		if (((req_tlr_or_trst&&!jtag_trst)||
+				(!req_tlr_or_trst&&jtag_trst))&&
+				((req_srst&&!jtag_srst)||
+						(!req_srst&&jtag_srst)))
+		{
+			LOG_ERROR("BUG: transition of req_tlr_or_trst and req_srst in the same jtag_add_reset() call is undefined");
+		}
+	}
+	
 	/* Make sure that jtag_reset_config allows the requested reset */
 	/* if SRST pulls TRST, we can't fulfill srst == 1 with trst == 0 */
 	if (((jtag_reset_config & RESET_SRST_PULLS_TRST) && (req_srst == 1)) && (!req_tlr_or_trst))
@@ -1477,7 +1494,7 @@ int jtag_interface_init(struct command_context_s *cmd_ctx)
 	return ERROR_OK;
 }
 
-int jtag_init(struct command_context_s *cmd_ctx)
+static int jtag_init_inner(struct command_context_s *cmd_ctx)
 {
 	int validate_tries = 0;
 	jtag_device_t *device;
@@ -1521,6 +1538,56 @@ int jtag_init(struct command_context_s *cmd_ctx)
 	return ERROR_OK;
 }
 
+int jtag_init_reset(struct command_context_s *cmd_ctx)
+{
+	int retval;
+	LOG_DEBUG("Trying to bring the JTAG controller to life by asserting TRST / tms");
+
+	/* Reset can happen after a power cycle.
+	 * 
+	 * Ideally we would only assert TRST or run tms before the target reset.
+	 * 
+	 * However w/srst_pulls_trst, trst is asserted together with the target
+	 * reset whether we want it or not.
+	 * 
+	 * NB! Some targets have JTAG circuitry disabled until a 
+	 * trst & srst has been asserted.
+	 * 
+	 * NB! here we assume nsrst/ntrst delay are sufficient!
+	 * 
+	 * NB! order matters!!!! srst *can* disconnect JTAG circuitry
+	 * 
+	 */
+	jtag_add_reset(1, 0); /* TMS or TRST */
+	if (jtag_reset_config & RESET_HAS_SRST)
+	{
+		jtag_add_reset(1, 1);
+		if ((jtag_reset_config & RESET_SRST_PULLS_TRST)==0)
+			jtag_add_reset(0, 1);
+	}
+	jtag_add_reset(0, 0);
+	if ((retval = jtag_execute_queue()) != ERROR_OK)
+		return retval;
+	
+	/* Check that we can communication on the JTAG chain + eventually we want to
+	 * be able to perform enumeration only after OpenOCD has started 
+	 * telnet and GDB server
+	 * 
+	 * That would allow users to more easily perform any magic they need to before
+	 * reset happens.
+	 */
+	return jtag_init_inner(cmd_ctx);
+}
+
+int jtag_init(struct command_context_s *cmd_ctx)
+{
+	if (jtag_init_inner(cmd_ctx)==ERROR_OK)
+	{
+		return ERROR_OK;
+	}
+	return jtag_init_reset(cmd_ctx);
+}
+
 
 static int default_khz(int khz, int *jtag_speed)
 {
diff --git a/src/jtag/jtag.h b/src/jtag/jtag.h
index 19329447735806bfc481d76a1e616d871344f102..b7ce094d6aeec0f17d6e9ffa639fc70dfa408eed 100644
--- a/src/jtag/jtag.h
+++ b/src/jtag/jtag.h
@@ -241,8 +241,12 @@ enum reset_types
 
 extern enum reset_types jtag_reset_config;
 
-/* JTAG subsystem */
+/* initialize JTAG chain using only a TLR reset. If init fails,
+ * try reset + init.
+ */
 extern int jtag_init(struct command_context_s *cmd_ctx);
+/* reset, then initialize JTAG chain */
+extern int jtag_init_reset(struct command_context_s *cmd_ctx);
 extern int jtag_register_commands(struct command_context_s *cmd_ctx);
 
 /* JTAG interface, can be implemented with a software or hardware fifo
@@ -325,6 +329,10 @@ extern int interface_jtag_add_runtest(int num_cycles, enum tap_state endstate);
  * This is why combinations such as "reset_config srst_only srst_pulls_trst"
  * are supported. 
  *
+ * only req_tlr_or_trst and srst can have a transition for a
+ * call as the effects of transitioning both at the "same time" 
+ * are undefined, but when srst_pulls_trst or vice versa,
+ * then trst & srst *must* be asserted together.
  */
 extern void jtag_add_reset(int req_tlr_or_trst, int srst);
 /* this drives the actual srst and trst pins. srst will always be 0
diff --git a/src/openocd.c b/src/openocd.c
index fa2d2c6127a59953867621e9322d2417e60d52ae..71963cb965c13d368a3b3c7f63803faf7116a53e 100644
--- a/src/openocd.c
+++ b/src/openocd.c
@@ -57,6 +57,23 @@ int handle_version_command(struct command_context_s *cmd_ctx, char *cmd, char **
 	return ERROR_OK;
 }
 
+static int daemon_startup = 0;
+
+int handle_daemon_startup_command(struct command_context_s *cmd_ctx, char *cmd, char **args, int argc)
+{
+	if (argc==0)
+		return ERROR_OK;
+	if (argc > 1 )
+		return ERROR_COMMAND_SYNTAX_ERROR;
+	
+	daemon_startup = strcmp("reset", args[0])==0;
+	
+	command_print(cmd_ctx, OPENOCD_VERSION);
+
+	return ERROR_OK;
+}
+
+
 void exit_handler(void)
 {
 	/* close JTAG interface */
@@ -64,6 +81,51 @@ void exit_handler(void)
 		jtag->quit();
 }
 
+
+/* OpenOCD can't really handle failure of this command. Patches welcome! :-) */
+int handle_init_command(struct command_context_s *cmd_ctx, char *cmd, char **args, int argc)
+{
+	static int initialized=0;
+	if (initialized)
+		return ERROR_OK;
+	
+	initialized=1;
+	
+	command_set_output_handler(cmd_ctx, configuration_output_handler, NULL);
+
+	atexit(exit_handler);
+
+	if (jtag_init(cmd_ctx) != ERROR_OK)
+		return ERROR_FAIL;
+	LOG_DEBUG("jtag init complete");
+
+	if (target_init(cmd_ctx) != ERROR_OK)
+		return ERROR_FAIL;
+	LOG_DEBUG("target init complete");
+
+	if (flash_init_drivers(cmd_ctx) != ERROR_OK)
+		return ERROR_FAIL;
+	LOG_DEBUG("flash init complete");
+
+	if (nand_init(cmd_ctx) != ERROR_OK)
+		return ERROR_FAIL;
+	LOG_DEBUG("NAND init complete");
+
+	if (pld_init(cmd_ctx) != ERROR_OK)
+		return ERROR_FAIL;
+	LOG_DEBUG("pld init complete");
+
+	/* initialize tcp server */
+	server_init();
+
+	/* initialize telnet subsystem */
+	telnet_init("Open On-Chip Debugger");
+	gdb_init();
+
+	return ERROR_OK;
+}
+
+
 /* implementations of OpenOCD that uses multithreading needs to lock OpenOCD while calling
  * OpenOCD fn's. No-op in vanilla OpenOCD
  */
@@ -83,7 +145,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 	register_command(cmd_ctx, NULL, "version", handle_version_command,
 					 COMMAND_EXEC, "show OpenOCD version");
-
+	register_command(cmd_ctx, NULL, "daemon_startup", handle_daemon_startup_command, COMMAND_CONFIG, 
+			"deprecated - use \"init\" and \"reset\" at end of startup script instead");
+	
 	/* register subsystem commands */
 	server_register_commands(cmd_ctx);
 	telnet_register_commands(cmd_ctx);
@@ -116,6 +180,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	/* DANGER!!! make sure that the line above does not appear in a patch, do not remove */
 	/* DANGER!!! make sure that the line above does not appear in a patch, do not remove */
 
+	register_command(cmd_ctx, NULL, "init", handle_init_command,
+					 COMMAND_ANY, "initializes target and servers - nop on subsequent invocations");
+
 	cfg_cmd_ctx = copy_command_context(cmd_ctx);
 	cfg_cmd_ctx->mode = COMMAND_CONFIG;
 	command_set_output_handler(cfg_cmd_ctx, configuration_output_handler, NULL);
@@ -128,41 +195,11 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	
 	command_done(cfg_cmd_ctx);
 
-	command_set_output_handler(cmd_ctx, configuration_output_handler, NULL);
-
-	atexit(exit_handler);
-
-	if (jtag_init(cmd_ctx) != ERROR_OK)
-		return EXIT_FAILURE;
-	LOG_DEBUG("jtag init complete");
-
-	if (target_init(cmd_ctx) != ERROR_OK)
-		return EXIT_FAILURE;
-	LOG_DEBUG("target init complete");
-
-	if (flash_init_drivers(cmd_ctx) != ERROR_OK)
+	if (command_run_line(cmd_ctx, "init")!=ERROR_OK)
 		return EXIT_FAILURE;
-	LOG_DEBUG("flash init complete");
-
-	if (nand_init(cmd_ctx) != ERROR_OK)
-		return EXIT_FAILURE;
-	LOG_DEBUG("NAND init complete");
-
-	if (pld_init(cmd_ctx) != ERROR_OK)
-		return EXIT_FAILURE;
-	LOG_DEBUG("pld init complete");
-
-	/* initialize tcp server */
-	server_init();
-
-	/* initialize telnet subsystem */
-	telnet_init("Open On-Chip Debugger");
-	gdb_init();
-
-	/* call any target resets */
-	if (target_init_reset(cmd_ctx) != ERROR_OK)
-		return EXIT_FAILURE;
-	LOG_DEBUG("target init reset complete");
+	
+	if (daemon_startup)
+		command_run_line(cmd_ctx, "reset");
 
 	/* handle network connections */
 	server_loop(cmd_ctx);
diff --git a/src/target/arm7_9_common.c b/src/target/arm7_9_common.c
index d77f2000279abbd6e619bf472062b80dfddf0f77..106b95db1c599d9cf8de25eb03eab6a61ed501a7 100644
--- a/src/target/arm7_9_common.c
+++ b/src/target/arm7_9_common.c
@@ -755,6 +755,14 @@ int arm7_9_assert_reset(target_t *target)
 
 	if ((target->reset_mode == RESET_HALT) || (target->reset_mode == RESET_INIT))
 	{
+		reg_t *dbg_ctrl = &arm7_9->eice_cache->reg_list[EICE_DBG_CTRL];
+		
+		/* program EmbeddedICE Debug Control Register to deassert DBGRQ
+		 * i.e. resume.
+		 */
+		buf_set_u32(dbg_ctrl->value, EICE_DBG_CONTROL_DBGRQ, 1, 0);	
+		embeddedice_store_reg(dbg_ctrl);
+
 		/*
 		 * Some targets do not support communication while SRST is asserted. We need to
 		 * set up the reset vector catch here.
@@ -777,16 +785,6 @@ int arm7_9_assert_reset(target_t *target)
 		}
 	}
 
-	/* we can't know what state the target is in as we might e.g.
-	 * be resetting after a power dropout, so we need to issue a tms/srst
-	 */
-	
-	/* assert SRST and TRST */
-	/* system would get ouf sync if we didn't reset test-logic, too */
-	jtag_add_reset(1, 1);
-	
-	jtag_add_sleep(5000);
-
 	/* here we should issue a srst only, but we may have to assert trst as well */
 	if (jtag_reset_config & RESET_SRST_PULLS_TRST)
 	{
@@ -965,6 +963,15 @@ int arm7_9_halt(target_t *target)
 			LOG_ERROR("can't request a halt while in reset if nSRST pulls nTRST");
 			return ERROR_TARGET_FAILURE;
 		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* we came here in a reset_halt or reset_init sequence
+			 * debug entry was already prepared in arm7_9_prepare_reset_halt()
+			 */
+			target->debug_reason = DBG_REASON_DBGRQ;
+			
+			return ERROR_OK; 
+		}
 	}
 
 	if (arm7_9->use_dbgrq)
diff --git a/src/target/target.c b/src/target/target.c
index bfe0f14aeb6a41b35d7420fcab69d921a08a597e..ce411b45b84dbc6e71f43ef6f7e27d5a009d3602 100644
--- a/src/target/target.c
+++ b/src/target/target.c
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ int cli_target_callback_event_handler(struct target_s *target, enum target_event
 
 
 int handle_target_command(struct command_context_s *cmd_ctx, char *cmd, char **args, int argc);
-int handle_daemon_startup_command(struct command_context_s *cmd_ctx, char *cmd, char **args, int argc);
 int handle_targets_command(struct command_context_s *cmd_ctx, char *cmd, char **args, int argc);
 
 int handle_target_script_command(struct command_context_s *cmd_ctx, char *cmd, char **args, int argc);
@@ -132,8 +131,6 @@ char *target_endianess_strings[] =
 	"little endian",
 };
 
-enum daemon_startup_mode startup_mode = DAEMON_ATTACH;
-
 static int target_continous_poll = 1;
 
 /* read a u32 from a buffer in target memory endianness */
@@ -264,6 +261,10 @@ int target_process_reset(struct command_context_s *cmd_ctx)
 
 	jtag->speed(jtag_speed);
 
+	if ((retval = jtag_init_reset(cmd_ctx)) != ERROR_OK)
+		return retval;
+	
+
 	/* prepare reset_halt where necessary */
 	target = targets;
 	while (target)
@@ -460,14 +461,6 @@ int target_init(struct command_context_s *cmd_ctx)
 	return ERROR_OK;
 }
 
-int target_init_reset(struct command_context_s *cmd_ctx)
-{
-	if (startup_mode == DAEMON_RESET)
-		target_process_reset(cmd_ctx);
-	
-	return ERROR_OK;
-}
-
 int target_register_event_callback(int (*callback)(struct target_s *target, enum target_event event, void *priv), void *priv)
 {
 	target_event_callback_t **callbacks_p = &target_event_callbacks;
@@ -801,7 +794,6 @@ int target_register_commands(struct command_context_s *cmd_ctx)
 {
 	register_command(cmd_ctx, NULL, "target", handle_target_command, COMMAND_CONFIG, "target <cpu> [reset_init default - DEPRECATED] <chainpos> <endianness> <variant> [cpu type specifc args]");
 	register_command(cmd_ctx, NULL, "targets", handle_targets_command, COMMAND_EXEC, NULL);
-	register_command(cmd_ctx, NULL, "daemon_startup", handle_daemon_startup_command, COMMAND_CONFIG, NULL);
 	register_command(cmd_ctx, NULL, "target_script", handle_target_script_command, COMMAND_CONFIG, NULL);
 	register_command(cmd_ctx, NULL, "run_and_halt_time", handle_run_and_halt_time_command, COMMAND_CONFIG, "<target> <run time ms>");
 	register_command(cmd_ctx, NULL, "working_area", handle_working_area_command, COMMAND_ANY, "working_area <target#> <address> <size> <'backup'|'nobackup'> [virtual address]");
@@ -1639,27 +1631,6 @@ int handle_halt_command(struct command_context_s *cmd_ctx, char *cmd, char **arg
 	return handle_wait_halt_command(cmd_ctx, cmd, args, argc);
 }
 
-/* what to do on daemon startup */
-int handle_daemon_startup_command(struct command_context_s *cmd_ctx, char *cmd, char **args, int argc)
-{
-	if (argc == 1)
-	{
-		if (strcmp(args[0], "attach") == 0)
-		{
-			startup_mode = DAEMON_ATTACH;
-			return ERROR_OK;
-		}
-		else if (strcmp(args[0], "reset") == 0)
-		{
-			startup_mode = DAEMON_RESET;
-			return ERROR_OK;
-		}
-	}
-	
-	LOG_WARNING("invalid daemon_startup configuration directive: %s", args[0]);
-	return ERROR_OK;
-
-}
 		
 int handle_soft_reset_halt_command(struct command_context_s *cmd_ctx, char *cmd, char **args, int argc)
 {
diff --git a/src/target/target.h b/src/target/target.h
index 6ce8fee9fccca1ca51f6566e9e2b10cece11d39f..d95c4aa76572b333a41a0a70ac0bf52519480ba0 100644
--- a/src/target/target.h
+++ b/src/target/target.h
@@ -54,14 +54,6 @@ enum target_state
 
 extern char *target_state_strings[];
 
-enum daemon_startup_mode
-{
-	DAEMON_ATTACH,		/* simply attach to the target */
-	DAEMON_RESET,		/* reset target (behaviour defined by reset_mode */
-};
-
-extern enum daemon_startup_mode startup_mode;
-
 enum target_reset_mode
 {
 	RESET_RUN = 0,		/* reset and let target run */
@@ -130,6 +122,11 @@ typedef struct target_type_s
 	 * assert_reset() can therefore make no assumptions whatsoever about the
 	 * state of the target 
 	 * 
+	 * Before assert_reset() for the target is invoked, a TRST/tms and
+	 * chain validation is executed. TRST should not be asserted
+	 * during target assert unless there is no way around it due to
+	 * the way reset's are configured.
+	 * 
 	 */
 	int (*assert_reset)(struct target_s *target);
 	int (*deassert_reset)(struct target_s *target);
diff --git a/src/target/target/lpc2148.cfg b/src/target/target/lpc2148.cfg
index c357662fd798fd39638c096873dd98d3f0fa87ec..ddc8d44384655452ec65198861f9bae716265e6d 100644
--- a/src/target/target/lpc2148.cfg
+++ b/src/target/target/lpc2148.cfg
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ jtag_ntrst_delay 200
 #use combined on interfaces or targets that can't set TRST/SRST separately
 reset_config trst_and_srst srst_pulls_trst
 
+#LPCs need reset pulled while RTCK is log. 0 to activate JTAG, power-on reset is not enough
+jtag_reset 1 1
+jtag_reset 0 0
+
 #jtag scan chain
 #format L IRC IRCM IDCODE (Length, IR Capture, IR Capture Mask, IDCODE)
 jtag_device 4 0x1 0xf 0xe