From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933930AbbBCMyr (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Feb 2015 07:54:47 -0500 Received: from spo001.leaseweb.nl ([83.149.101.17]:59077 "EHLO spo001.leaseweb.nl" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933846AbbBCMyq (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Feb 2015 07:54:46 -0500 Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2015 13:54:42 +0100 From: Wim Van Sebroeck To: Mike Looijmans Cc: linux@roeck-us.net, linux-watchdog@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] gpio_wdt: Add "always_running" feature to GPIO watchdog Message-ID: <20150203125442.GA26544@spo001.leaseweb.nl> References: <20150113215212.GA12804@roeck-us.net> <1421216909-3109-1-git-send-email-mike.looijmans@topic.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1421216909-3109-1-git-send-email-mike.looijmans@topic.nl> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi Mike, > On some chips, like the TPS386000, the trigger cannot be disabled > and the CPU must keep toggling the line at all times. Add a switch > "always_running" to keep toggling the GPIO line regardless of the > state of the soft part of the watchdog. The "armed" member keeps > track of whether a timeout must also cause a reset. > > Signed-off-by: Mike Looijmans Patch has been added to linux-watchdog-next. Kind regards, Wim.