Re: [DRIVER][RFC] SC1200 Watchdog driver

Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk
2002-02-25T21:02:57Z

> > Will this driver shut off the watchdog when /dev/watchdog is closed, or
> > does it require an explicit shutdown message like Jakob Oestergaard's
> > sbc60xxwdt driver?
>
> Depends on wether CONFIG_WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT is specified.

problem is - I want to be able to explicitly close it, like Jakob's
variant is. Isn't this a functionality everyone would like?

Think about it - like - if a server of some reason uses long time to
umount its filesystems. Would it be a good thing if the server just
reboots in the middle of a umount? I think not. I beleive Jakob's solution
is quite a bit better, and it shouldn't be _too_ hard to add those extra
lines of code.

Btw: I'm implementing Jakob's way on the softdog ... patch coming later

roy

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