Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] watchdog: add driver for Renesas Gen3 WDT watchdogs

[Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>]

Hi Wolfram,

On Fri, Apr 1, 2016 at 1:56 PM, Wolfram Sang <wsa@the-dreams.de> wrote:
> Here is V2 of this series with the following changes:
>
> * include bitops.h
> * s/unsigned/unsigned int/
> * drop set_timeout() because core does it already
> * add get_timeleft()
> * don't make "nowayout" a readable parameter
> * use "watchdog" instead of "wdt" in the dt bindings
>
> The dts and defconfig changes should go via Simon's tree once the driver is
> accepted.
>
> To use this driver, you need a recent firmware/uboot which initializes the
> WDTRSTCR register which can only be changed in secure mode. 'md 0xe6160054 4'
> should give you 0x8002 or something else with bit 15 set and bit 0 cleared.

Thanks a lot!

My Salvator-X reboots after timeout from "cat > /dev/watchdog0", but
it doesn't reboot through "reboot" or "reboot -f"?

Am I missing something?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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