From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756871Ab1GGPjj (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Jul 2011 11:39:39 -0400 Received: from lennier.cc.vt.edu ([198.82.162.213]:56445 "EHLO lennier.cc.vt.edu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752477Ab1GGPjg (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Jul 2011 11:39:36 -0400 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.7.2 01/07/2005 with nmh-1.3-dev To: Bjorn Helgaas Cc: Wim Van Sebroeck , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-watchdog@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] watchdog: iTCO_wdt: optionally leave watchdog enabled during restart In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 06 Jul 2011 10:09:36 MDT." <20110706160936.4002.1846.stgit@bhelgaas.mtv.corp.google.com> From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu References: <20110706160744.4002.94920.stgit@bhelgaas.mtv.corp.google.com> <20110706160936.4002.1846.stgit@bhelgaas.mtv.corp.google.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="==_Exmh_1310053141_2519P"; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2011 11:39:01 -0400 Message-ID: <12164.1310053141@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> X-Mirapoint-Received-SPF: 198.82.161.152 auth3.smtp.vt.edu Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu 2 pass X-Junkmail-Info: (0) X-Junkmail-Status: score=10/50, host=zidane.cc.vt.edu X-Junkmail-Signature-Raw: score=unknown, refid=str=0001.0A020208.4E15D317.00E3,ss=1,fgs=0, ip=0.0.0.0, so=2010-07-22 22:03:31, dmn=2009-09-10 00:05:08, mode=multiengine X-Junkmail-IWF: false Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --==_Exmh_1310053141_2519P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Wed, 06 Jul 2011 10:09:36 MDT, Bjorn Helgaas said: > If we reboot via BIOS, BIOS should disable the watchdog itself, so this > shouldn't cause unintended resets, even if the user interrupts the boot. Yes, but didn't Linus say something about BIOS code authors being crack-addicted monkeys? :) --==_Exmh_1310053141_2519P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 iD8DBQFOFdMVcC3lWbTT17ARAofNAJ4iGX6BrrIquwhuwIfCSezvE9JthgCg1FwB MN45pC+cprkCX23DkcIhwso= =MY9a -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_1310053141_2519P--