From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from rcsinet10.oracle.com ([148.87.113.121]:32542 "EHLO rcsinet10.oracle.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750934Ab1BNUVw (ORCPT >); Mon, 14 Feb 2011 15:21:52 -0500 Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 15:19:24 -0500 From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk To: Wim Van Sebroeck Cc: Andrew Morton , linux-watchdog@vger.kernel.org, Jeremy Fitzhardinge , "xen-devel@lists.xensource.com" , Ian Campbell , Jan Beulich Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH, resend] Xen watchdog driver Message-ID: <20110214201924.GA17726@dumpdata.com> References: <4D41A088020000780002ED06@vpn.id2.novell.com> <20110214145602.GA10300@dumpdata.com> <20110214200837.GB3790@infomag.iguana.be> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20110214200837.GB3790@infomag.iguana.be> Sender: linux-watchdog-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-watchdog@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 09:08:37PM +0100, Wim Van Sebroeck wrote: > Hi All, > > > On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 03:42:48PM +0000, Jan Beulich wrote: > > > While the hypervisor change adding SCHEDOP_watchdog support included a > > > daemon to make use of the new functionality, having a kernel driver > > > for /dev/watchdog so that user space code doesn't need to distinguish > > > non-Xen and Xen seems to be preferable. > > > > Hey Andrew, > > I was wondering if you could help us out. Jan posted this patch > > way back in Sep, then again in Oct on the xen-watchdog mailing list > > with with no responses except Ian's Ack and my Reviewed-by. Would you > > be OK taking this patch under your wing or do you think I ought to > > send a git pull to Linus during the 2.6.39 merge window directly? > I > 'm completing review of 2 other drivers first. > Then I will review this one and add it to linux-2.5-watchdog-next for broader testing. Excellent. Thank you!