[U-Boot] [PATCH 1/3] common/cmd_rsmode.c: add imx reset mode command

[Dirk Behme <dirk.behme@de.bosch.com>]

On 22.06.2012 18:04, Eric Nelson wrote:
> On 06/21/2012 03:57 PM, Wolfgang Denk wrote:
>> Dear Eric Nelson,
>>
>> In message<4FCD17A5.6030705@boundarydevices.com>  you wrote:
>>>> The function of the watchdog should be reserved for auch systems who
>>>> need it to implement security related functions; messing with it in
>>>> unrelated places (like setting it into unexpected states and or
>>>> timeouts) may cause undefined behaviour on such systems.
>>>>
>>>> Don't do it.
>>>>
>>> My comment is that reset_cpu() should probably not return, and
>>> at the moment it will. The minimum WDT timeout value is 1/2 second, so
>>> execution will continue for some time less than that.
>>>
>>> It seems to me that this might be a bad thing, allowing unexpected
>>> execution of commands in a script after the execution of the 'reset'
>>> command.
>>>
>>> If I understand your comment, you're saying that reset_cpu() should
>>> not be implemented using the watchdog.
>>>
>>> Is that right?
>> No, that was not my intention.  I must have missed the fact that you
>> were talking about reset_cpu() and only this function.  Please ignore
>> me.
>>
> 
> NP. I'll submit a patch to address the fact that the reset returns.

Ping on this whole patch series ;)

Best regards

Dirk