> -Original Message-
> From: Guenter Roeck [mailto:li...@roeck-us.net]
> Sent: Monday, April 15, 2013 11:07 AM
> To: Kim, Milo
> Cc: w...@iguana.be; linux-watch...@vger.kernel.org; linux-
> ker...@vger.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] watchdog: introduce n
On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 12:43:31AM +, Kim, Milo wrote:
> Hi Guenter
>
> > I really don't like that idea. It defeats a significant part of the
> > purpose
> > for having a watchdog, which is to prevent user-space hangups.
> >
> > To make this a driver option is even more odd - it forces every
Hi Guenter
> I really don't like that idea. It defeats a significant part of the
> purpose
> for having a watchdog, which is to prevent user-space hangups.
>
> To make this a driver option is even more odd - it forces every user of
> this
> driver to use it in-kernel only, and makes /dev/watchdog
On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 06:51:47AM +, Kim, Milo wrote:
> Conventionally, watchdog timer driver is activated by an user space request.
> This patch enables an automatic start/ping operation of a watchdog without an
> application.
>
> (a) Work flow
> If a watchdog timer driver is configured with
Conventionally, watchdog timer driver is activated by an user space request.
This patch enables an automatic start/ping operation of a watchdog without an
application.
(a) Work flow
If a watchdog timer driver is configured with WDIOF_AUTOSTART option,
then it starts and ping automatically on watch
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