From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2020 10:36:37 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] watchdog: add watchdog behavior configuration
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Dear Tom,

In message <20200924131931.GF14816@bill-the-cat> you wrote:
> 
> I'm talking about the case where we say we've enabled the WDT to
> supervise OS, but then bootefi something and have disabled the watchdog
> (to meet UEFI requirements) but didn't tell the user we've turned off
> the WDT that we had told them is on.

Any so-called "watchdog" that can be disabled / switched off by
software is not really woth this name.  As such, the concept of
disabling a watchdog in software, is misleading at best and should
never ibe implemented.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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