Re: [PATCH 1/2 V3] watchdog: Add multiple device support

[Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>]

Hi Hans,

> >>Thanks for clarification.
> >>BTW the patch is gone again from the tree.
> >
> >Patches are back but I added some small fixes:
> >* watchdog_dev.h should have been watchdog_core.h
> >* the file should have been using extern for the function prototypes.
> >* introduce subsys_initcall instead of module_init and move that also to 
> >the core.
> >* make subsys_initcall and module_exit static
> >* moved device create code into watchdog_core where it belongs
> >* changed busdev to parent
> >* integrated Hans's documentation into the respective patches.
> >
> >Please have a look and test.
> 
> Thanks for all the work on merging this, I've re-reviewed the set and
> tested it with my convert sch56xx watchdog to the wdog-core patchset.
> 
> Everything looks good and works as advertised :)
> 
> I've rebased my sch56xx watchdog patchset as my patch titled:
> "watchdog_dev: Add support for dynamically allocated watchdog_device 
> structs"
> needed rebasing, I'll re-send it after this mail.

I will split your "watchdog_dev: Add support for dynamically allocated
watchdog_device structs" patch into 3 patches:
1) rewriting of wrappers (and I will add some extra code to it for
the get_timeleft ioctl).
2) locking
3) ref+unref+unregistered.

Hope to do that tonight.

Kind regards,
Wim.