Hi, > Actually, drivers/char/watchdog/mpc8xx_wdt.c is a module, while > some of the initialization code must reside in the kernel image. > > Thats the reason for the split - not sure if merging the two > files is worth?
If you have a short timeout (like the 2 secs we had) then you need to have the handler ready long before the module could be loaded. Best, Florian