From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] Watchdog: sbsa_gwdt: Enhance timeout range References: <5728A7C3.4010001@roeck-us.net> <20160503143856.GE13045@dhcppc6.redhat.com> <5728BEC4.6050603@codeaurora.org> <20160503155141.GF13045@dhcppc6.redhat.com> <20160503171602.GA2518@roeck-us.net> <20160504141449.GG13045@dhcppc6.redhat.com> <572A0577.1070000@codeaurora.org> <20160504155932.GH13045@dhcppc6.redhat.com> <572A2099.4070901@codeaurora.org> <20160505164300.GA16914@roeck-us.net> <20160505182031.GB12434@dhcppc6.redhat.com> <572B8F52.2000709@codeaurora.org> From: Guenter Roeck Message-ID: <572BD8E3.4070707@roeck-us.net> Date: Thu, 5 May 2016 16:36:03 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <572B8F52.2000709@codeaurora.org> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; Format="flowed" Sender: "kexec" Errors-To: kexec-bounces+dwmw2=infradead.org@lists.infradead.org To: Timur Tabi , Pratyush Anand Cc: linux-watchdog@vger.kernel.org, kexec@lists.infradead.org, open list , wim@iguana.be, fu.wei@linaro.org, Suravee.Suthikulpanit@amd.com, Dave Young , linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org On 05/05/2016 11:22 AM, Timur Tabi wrote: > Pratyush Anand wrote: >> I think, in the long run we must have SBSA >> watchdog specification improvement to keep WOR as 64 bit. > > I agree with this 100%. IMHO, using a 32-bit WOR was just a bad decision. > A 32-bit counter is absolutely fine. Letting it run with a 400MHz clock (or was it 200 MHz ?) is the problem. A resolution of 2.5ns for a watchdog timer does not really make any sense. Guenter _______________________________________________ kexec mailing list kexec@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/kexec