Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S270641AbTHEUZZ (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Aug 2003 16:25:25 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S270644AbTHEUZZ (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Aug 2003 16:25:25 -0400 Received: from fw.osdl.org ([65.172.181.6]:19847 "EHLO mail.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S270641AbTHEUZY (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Aug 2003 16:25:24 -0400 Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2003 13:25:09 -0700 (PDT) From: Linus Torvalds To: Arjan van de Ven cc: Andi Kleen , Andrew Morton , Andi Kleen , Subject: Re: [PATCH] Export touch_nmi_watchdog In-Reply-To: <1060114808.5308.9.camel@laptop.fenrus.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 635 Lines: 23 On 5 Aug 2003, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > > having a more generic/portable "trigger_watchdog" function would be > better then, such that ALL watchdogs, and not just the NMI one can hook > into this Why are we working around broken drivers? I say: - either fix the driver or - disable the watchdog entirely. I don't see any point at all to touch_xxx_watchdog() from a driver. Linus - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/