Re: [PATCH] ib700wdt watchdog driver for 2.6.6

[Patrice Bouchand <PBouchand@cyberdeck.com>]

> The patch certainly looks sensible, but what about ibwdt_close() and
> ibwdt_notify_sys()?  They're doing
>
> 		outb_p(wd_times[wd_margin], WDT_STOP);
>
> which also seems peculiar.


	The value written in the WDT_STOP register is not important. As soon as something is written , the watchdog timer stops.
 But you are right, things will be cleaner if we use the following patch.

	Thanks for the comments.

	Best regards

			Patrice Bouchand

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--- ./ib700wdt.c.orig   2004-05-10 08:57:54.000000000 +0200
+++ ib700wdt.c  2004-05-11 10:50:54.000000000 +0200
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
 ibwdt_ping(void)
 {
        /* Write a watchdog value */
-       outb_p(wd_times[wd_margin], WDT_START);
+       outb_p(wd_margin, WDT_START);
 }

 static ssize_t
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@
 {
        spin_lock(&ibwdt_lock);
        if (expect_close == 42)
-               outb_p(wd_times[wd_margin], WDT_STOP);
+               outb_p(wd_margin, WDT_STOP);
        else
                printk(KERN_CRIT PFX "WDT device closed unexpectedly.  WDT will not stop!\n");

@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@
 {
        if (code == SYS_DOWN || code == SYS_HALT) {
                /* Turn the WDT off */
-               outb_p(wd_times[wd_margin], WDT_STOP);
+               outb_p(wd_margin, WDT_STOP);
        }
        return NOTIFY_DONE;
 }