Purpose of "boot_initialization_flag" in 'camera.c'

[bear24rw]

I was wondering what the purpose is of boot_initialization_flag in camera.c is?

It seems like if take the flag out it would solve my problem of the camera not working after a robot reset, and having to turn to whole robot off before the camera works again...

	// stuff to do after the camera goes through a power-on reset
	if(boot_initialization_flag == 1)
	{
		// get the camera's attention
		Camera_Idle();
		// set the command & packet transfer mode
		Raw_Mode(5);
		// don't execute this code again until the next power on reset
		boot_initialization_flag = 0;
	}

Whats the point of that flag?