From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Sat, 12 Aug 2006 18:46:08 +0100 (BST) Received: from mail04.hansenet.de ([213.191.73.12]:29592 "EHLO webmail.hansenet.de") by ftp.linux-mips.org with ESMTP id S20037843AbWHLRqH (ORCPT ); Sat, 12 Aug 2006 18:46:07 +0100 Received: from [213.39.177.93] (213.39.177.93) by webmail.hansenet.de (7.2.074) (authenticated as mbx20228207@koeller-hh.org) id 44DC82C70003CD7D; Sat, 12 Aug 2006 19:45:52 +0200 Received: from localhost.koeller.dyndns.org (localhost.koeller.dyndns.org [127.0.0.1]) by sarkovy.koeller.dyndns.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A5361770B1; Sat, 12 Aug 2006 19:45:52 +0200 (CEST) From: Thomas Koeller To: Alan Cox Subject: Re: [PATCH] Added MIPS RM9K watchdog driver Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2006 19:45:52 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.3 Cc: wim@iguana.be, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Ralf Baechle , linux-mips@linux-mips.org References: <200608102319.13679.thomas@koeller.dyndns.org> <1155326835.24077.116.camel@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <1155326835.24077.116.camel@localhost.localdomain> Organization: Basler AG MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200608121945.52202.thomas.koeller@baslerweb.com> Return-Path: X-Envelope-To: <"|/home/ecartis/ecartis -s linux-mips"> (uid 0) X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org X-archive-position: 12319 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org Errors-to: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org X-original-sender: thomas.koeller@baslerweb.com Precedence: bulk X-list: linux-mips On Friday 11 August 2006 22:07, Alan Cox wrote: > Also if this is a software watchdog why is it better than using > softdog ? > This is _not_ a software watchdog. If the timer expires, an interrupt is generated, and the timer is reset to count through another cycle. If it expires again, it resets the CPU. Thomas -- Thomas Koeller, Software Development Basler Vision Technologies An der Strusbek 60-62 22926 Ahrensburg Germany Tel +49 (4102) 463-390 Fax +49 (4102) 463-46390 mailto:thomas.koeller@baslerweb.com http://www.baslerweb.com