From: eric@anholt.net (Eric Anholt)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH] watchdog: bcm2835_wdt: set WDOG_HW_RUNNING bit when appropriate
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2016 09:46:55 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87oa0h3ur4.fsf@eliezer.anholt.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1481536123-9279-1-git-send-email-rasmus.villemoes@prevas.dk>
Rasmus Villemoes <rasmus.villemoes@prevas.dk> writes:
> A bootloader may start the watchdog device before handing control to
> the kernel - in that case, we should tell the kernel about it so the
> watchdog framework can keep it alive until userspace opens
> /dev/watchdog0.
I don't believe our current bootloaders (the closed firmware or u-boot)
set up the watchdog, but this seems reasonable since they might want to
later.
Acked-by: Eric Anholt <eric@anholt.net>
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2016-12-12 9:48 [PATCH] watchdog: bcm2835_wdt: set WDOG_HW_RUNNING bit when appropriate Rasmus Villemoes
2016-12-12 14:44 ` Guenter Roeck
2016-12-12 17:46 ` Eric Anholt [this message]
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