> -----Original Message----- > From: Russell King - ARM Linux [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2011 3:49 AM > To: Santosh Shilimkar > Cc: [email protected]; Paul Walmsley; linux-arm- > [email protected] > Subject: Re: [PATCH] omap: wd_timer: Fix crash frm wdt_probe > when!CONFIG_RUNTIME_PM > > On Wed, Jan 05, 2011 at 07:10:55PM +0530, Santosh Shilimkar wrote: > > Commit ff2516fb 'wd_timer: disable on boot via hwmod postsetup > mechanism' > > introduced watchdog timer state state management using > postsetup_state. > > This was done to allow some board files to support watchdog > coverage > > throughout kernel initialization and it work as intended when > RUNTIME_PM > > is enabled. > > > > With !CONFIG_RUNTIME_PM and no board is specifically requests > watchdog > > to remain enabled the omap_wdt_probe crashesh. This is because > hwmod > > in absense of runtime PM unable to turn watchdog clocks because > it's > > state is set to be disabled. For rest of the device, the state is > > set as enabled in absense of RUNTIME_PM > > Err... wasn't this provoked by an attempt to fix the LDP issue, that > is > (I believe) because the boot loader enables the watchdog and pre- > hwmod > kernels used to disable it. Post-hwmod kernels stopped disabling > the > watchdog, resulting in a few seconds booting userspace before the > system > resets itself.
Yes. That's managed through the shutdown part. Apart from that there is another enhancement done in case some one wants to have WDT running throughout the kernel boot. Regards, Santosh -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-omap" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
