Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] i2c: i801: Do not create iTCO watchdog when WDAT table exists

2016-09-22 Thread Wolfram Sang
On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 03:30:53PM +0300, Mika Westerberg wrote: > ACPI WDAT table is the preferred way to use hardware watchdog over the > native iTCO_wdt. Windows only uses this table for its hardware watchdog > implementation so we should be relatively safe to trust it has been > validated by

Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] i2c: i801: Do not create iTCO watchdog when WDAT table exists

2016-09-22 Thread Wolfram Sang
On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 03:30:53PM +0300, Mika Westerberg wrote: > ACPI WDAT table is the preferred way to use hardware watchdog over the > native iTCO_wdt. Windows only uses this table for its hardware watchdog > implementation so we should be relatively safe to trust it has been > validated by

Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] i2c: i801: Do not create iTCO watchdog when WDAT table exists

2016-09-22 Thread Wolfram Sang
On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 03:30:53PM +0300, Mika Westerberg wrote: > ACPI WDAT table is the preferred way to use hardware watchdog over the > native iTCO_wdt. Windows only uses this table for its hardware watchdog > implementation so we should be relatively safe to trust it has been > validated by

Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] i2c: i801: Do not create iTCO watchdog when WDAT table exists

2016-09-22 Thread Wolfram Sang
On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 03:30:53PM +0300, Mika Westerberg wrote: > ACPI WDAT table is the preferred way to use hardware watchdog over the > native iTCO_wdt. Windows only uses this table for its hardware watchdog > implementation so we should be relatively safe to trust it has been > validated by

[PATCH v2 3/4] i2c: i801: Do not create iTCO watchdog when WDAT table exists

2016-09-20 Thread Mika Westerberg
ACPI WDAT table is the preferred way to use hardware watchdog over the native iTCO_wdt. Windows only uses this table for its hardware watchdog implementation so we should be relatively safe to trust it has been validated by OEMs Prevent iTCO watchdog creation if we detect that there is ACPI WDAT

[PATCH v2 3/4] i2c: i801: Do not create iTCO watchdog when WDAT table exists

2016-09-20 Thread Mika Westerberg
ACPI WDAT table is the preferred way to use hardware watchdog over the native iTCO_wdt. Windows only uses this table for its hardware watchdog implementation so we should be relatively safe to trust it has been validated by OEMs Prevent iTCO watchdog creation if we detect that there is ACPI WDAT