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Ivan Mikhaylov <ivan@de.ibm.com> writes:
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> From my point of view it's possible. I've checked docu and on idea
> it should be possible cause WP is only affecting watchdog ping time.

The question is, is there any chance that leaving those bits set on
another platform will cause a problem?

ie. on existing machines we always clear those bits, is it OK that we
will now start leaving those bits with whatever value they had.

cheers