Index: trunk/Ohana/src/opihi/pantasks/ControllerOps.c
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--- trunk/Ohana/src/opihi/pantasks/ControllerOps.c	(revision 23558)
+++ trunk/Ohana/src/opihi/pantasks/ControllerOps.c	(revision 27491)
@@ -624,4 +624,6 @@
   InitIOBuffer (&buffer, 0x100);
 
+  status = TRUE;
+
   // XXX lock the host table? no: that would risk a dead lock between client and controller threads:
   gprint (GP_ERR, "pcontrol restarted, reloading hosts\n");