Re: [PATCH v2] watchdog: intel-mid_wdt: Keep watchdog running

[Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>]

On Fri, 2017-03-10 at 09:16 -0800, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 07:05:49PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > On Fri, 2017-03-10 at 18:51 +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:

> > > +	/*
> > > +	 * Make sure the watchdog is serviced.
> > > +	 *
> > > +	 * The firmware followed by U-Boot leaves the watchdog
> > > running
> > > +	 * with the default threshold 60 seconds. Our default
> > > timeout
> > > is
> > > +	 * 90 seconds, but internal worker divides it by two,
> > > which
> > > is
> > > +	 * 45 seconds and should be enough (less by 15 seconds
> > > than
> > > +	 * threshold).
> > > +	 */
> > > +	set_bit(WDOG_HW_RUNNING, &wdt_dev->status);
> > 
> > Giving one more thought here perhaps more robust will be to start
> > watchdog unconditionally here?
> 
> Yes, that would be another option, and it sounds like a good idea.
> Let me know if you want to do that.

Yes, I prefer it over the rest of solutions.

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Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
Intel Finland Oy