From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.7 required=3.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,MALFORMED_FREEMAIL, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE6F0C32750 for ; Fri, 2 Aug 2019 20:30:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF106206A3 for ; Fri, 2 Aug 2019 20:30:53 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="T5nj3ozE" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S2391865AbfHBUaw (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Aug 2019 16:30:52 -0400 Received: from mail-pl1-f193.google.com ([209.85.214.193]:33947 "EHLO mail-pl1-f193.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1728855AbfHBUaw (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Aug 2019 16:30:52 -0400 Received: by mail-pl1-f193.google.com with SMTP id i2so34079918plt.1; Fri, 02 Aug 2019 13:30:51 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=from:date:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:message-id:references :user-agent:mime-version; bh=uIv4ooMEd7klhCY0zT5seExgFzJOyNypU0WtuZa/T3g=; b=T5nj3ozEPhXNknpcDcmiad3kRONom8SJGR7CjDLJJbV1c/YoTT9BOW3TTD+6/IH4il Z0+6SQuiQVvOFTl4n546zHvGyBSlaYbgiJvZ5KyhrnXCjbJPIZS79/EuoSjmtmBYeAYQ 5wU/4AeQtEeyegE3Jifqt/P3cihOjsUGJl29DGpJJ3CR309HzIOIbWiLWqOgROfCQ/f3 lKfNITCM4zNVPbZ2VbpoOpov43A+y8MUcA98xCRul3hQF30DHTCOMxjtdeNa8KpzVBeF F3YT/Do7HieCO/sbJtIGq5V69Ec2ifFJqjLeEE2Rk6lUWt/s8Xj4FTlej0pV/RUSTwkL q18w== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:from:date:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:message-id :references:user-agent:mime-version; bh=uIv4ooMEd7klhCY0zT5seExgFzJOyNypU0WtuZa/T3g=; b=UzQ06noYL1yGWYfAesp6w0ubts99KU4olX3zv5iI0p7wliv/Wk44cRUdiT86xqLDlz 7pfIlM0hxr5mf+IrwkBcOjk1X2TZwglshpTpDNE8nRbS/qrgx8GtD738omxxveT28Gp4 SqeMBBr62kW42eVrLqIUrGXoHvhMTjv2oreva3MDydAHgU6yPD8VpOHORNO5mcwpEJe5 HgMudU9fsE1j3SSh3NHlq5vWMKFy8DxP7kFeIspi3WBUdYYMqO1Ls2sPYgpFt0ofxgQp zagadCeQyavK4hw7LlgLMGUxxxcmJsenrGwogxPnDdChUtuqHgNQw7CUJE1Q9XDJNU4h NV6Q== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAWk5TyTxPCkqrzAYMFt8pyRLGCRs/fdaMjhYtLFizZpyPl7QDkZ HzWqUvTXA9L++XorZScv/1qnk2i8QxI= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqyv8inPZIrrT9LI4PEd9q/9Je3cbbG8XA4p5HBkgwb2+OnFCkwSvDYMJymG20qtXXsQvujYyQ== X-Received: by 2002:a17:902:f082:: with SMTP id go2mr139448946plb.25.1564777851316; Fri, 02 Aug 2019 13:30:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.4] (d206-116-172-62.bchsia.telus.net. [206.116.172.62]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id r18sm79712514pfg.77.2019.08.02.13.30.50 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Fri, 02 Aug 2019 13:30:50 -0700 (PDT) From: Mark Balantzyan X-Google-Original-From: Mark Balantzyan Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2019 13:30:43 -0700 (PDT) To: Mark Balantzyan cc: linux@roeck-us.net, wim@linux-watchdog.org, linux-watchdog@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] watchdog: alim1535: Rewriting of alim1535 driver to use watchdog subsystem In-Reply-To: <20190802041218.66127-1-mbalant3@gmail.com> Message-ID: References: <20190802041218.66127-1-mbalant3@gmail.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.21 (OSX 202 2017-01-01) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Dear Ondrej, As advised by another kernel maintainer, patches for antiquated drivers like these (this one which I test-built successfully) should hang around until someone with the hardware volunteers to test it. Therefore, I would provide the software and the individual would serve as the hardware tester with the provided software. So far, I've worked with Guenter Roeck to conform it to the watchdog subsystem. And now I'm letting it sit until someone with the hardware is able to test it. Thank you, Mark