Andrew, The following patch is ready for inclusion; it makes the IPMI watchdog more consistent with the other watchdog drivers. I have tested this and it seems to work correctly. I also added docs for the interface change. - support disabling watchdog by writing 'V' to device. - unify printk() - use atomic bit operations on ipmi_wdog_open Signed-off-by: Arkadiusz Miskiewicz Signed-off-by: Corey Minyard