From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751830AbZIBLkE (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Sep 2009 07:40:04 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751570AbZIBLkD (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Sep 2009 07:40:03 -0400 Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:40233 "EHLO lo.gmane.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751071AbZIBLkC (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Sep 2009 07:40:02 -0400 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Detlev Zundel Subject: Re: [RFC][POWERPC] WDT: added support for the WDT Chain driver. Date: Wed, 02 Sep 2009 13:32:23 +0200 Organization: Church of Emacs - Missionary division Message-ID: References: <20090902004928.132974c9@vitb-lp> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: p4ff065d6.dip.t-dialin.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.94 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:VfehpceO3H3WshyF9tUtF78qO7A= Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hello Vitaly, > From: Heiko Schocher > > [POWERPC] WDT: added support for the WDT Chain driver. > > This new driver implements a character device with major number 10 > and minor number 130. It is a software abstraction of the hardware > watchdog with two different APIs. While the driver periodically > triggers the hardware watchdog, the software can setup independent > timeout periods. > > More info in Documentation/watchdog/wdt_chain.txt > > Signed-off-by: Heiko Schocher > Signed-off-by: Vitaly Bordug > --- > This code was (and is) originally residing in DENX public git repo. I > think it would be useful upstream, to prevent reinventing the same > thing. Thanks a lot for taking an interest in this piece of code. I would suggest however that you coordinate with Heiko as he has worked some more on this driver in the meantime. This new code however is not in our repository. We should start the RFC discussion with current code. For the casual reader this means, don't invest time into reviewing this but wait for a cleaned up version instead. Thanks Detlev -- DENX Software Engineering GmbH, MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-40 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: dzu@denx.de