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From: "Kaz Kylheku" <kaz@zeugmasystems.com>
To: <linux-mips@linux-mips.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add support for SB1 hardware watchdog.
Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2007 19:50:42 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <34AF8F83DE89424F94243BB80944B175@rocktron> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20071203230828.GA17960@linux-mips.org>

On Mon, Dec 03, 2007, Ralf Baechle wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 10:17:04AM -0800, Andrew Sharp wrote:
>
>> +   Watchdog driver for the built in watchdog hardware in Sibyte
>> +   SoC processors.  There are apparently two watchdog timers
>> +   on such processors; this driver supports only the first one,
>> +   because currently Linux only supports exporting one watchdog
>> +   to userspace.
>
> And even four watchdogs in the BCM1480.
>
> You'd think they'd trust their hardware more than that ;-)

Maybe the dogs can be daisy-chained together. After all, who watches the 
watcher? And who watches him?

Did I ever tell you how lucky you are?

http://www.drseussart.com/beewatcher.html

http://www.webpages.ttu.edu/sbaugues/fin4323/dr.seuss.pdf

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From: "Kaz Kylheku" <kaz@zeugmasystems.com>
To: linux-mips@linux-mips.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add support for SB1 hardware watchdog.
Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2007 19:50:42 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <34AF8F83DE89424F94243BB80944B175@rocktron> (raw)
Message-ID: <20071205035042.E2wuhLtUQJIrIgiuo0M3RDx6q4shC65hJKdIx-7AUQs@z> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20071203230828.GA17960@linux-mips.org>

On Mon, Dec 03, 2007, Ralf Baechle wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 10:17:04AM -0800, Andrew Sharp wrote:
>
>> +   Watchdog driver for the built in watchdog hardware in Sibyte
>> +   SoC processors.  There are apparently two watchdog timers
>> +   on such processors; this driver supports only the first one,
>> +   because currently Linux only supports exporting one watchdog
>> +   to userspace.
>
> And even four watchdogs in the BCM1480.
>
> You'd think they'd trust their hardware more than that ;-)

Maybe the dogs can be daisy-chained together. After all, who watches the 
watcher? And who watches him?

Did I ever tell you how lucky you are?

http://www.drseussart.com/beewatcher.html

http://www.webpages.ttu.edu/sbaugues/fin4323/dr.seuss.pdf

  parent reply	other threads:[~2007-12-05  3:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-12-03 18:17 [PATCH] Add support for SB1 hardware watchdog Andrew Sharp
2007-12-03 18:34 ` Alan Cox
2007-12-03 19:24   ` Andrew Sharp
2007-12-03 23:08 ` Ralf Baechle
2007-12-05  3:41   ` Kaz Kylheku
2007-12-05  3:41     ` Kaz Kylheku
2007-12-05  3:50   ` Kaz Kylheku [this message]
2007-12-05  3:50     ` Kaz Kylheku

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