Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S270673AbTHEUpW (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Aug 2003 16:45:22 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S270684AbTHEUpW (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Aug 2003 16:45:22 -0400 Received: from colin2.muc.de ([193.149.48.15]:41996 "HELO colin2.muc.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S270673AbTHEUpV (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Aug 2003 16:45:21 -0400 Date: 5 Aug 2003 22:45:17 +0200 Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2003 22:45:17 +0200 From: Andi Kleen To: Linus Torvalds Cc: Arjan van de Ven , Andrew Morton , Andi Kleen , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Export touch_nmi_watchdog Message-ID: <20030805204517.GB31598@colin2.muc.de> References: <1060114808.5308.9.camel@laptop.fenrus.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 965 Lines: 34 On Tue, Aug 05, 2003 at 01:25:09PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > 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? Because they're a hard to ignore reality? > > I say: > - either fix the driver Would be quite a big project for the fusion driver. It's very big and complicated. Of course I would like to fix it, but I see no chance at all to ever find enough time to do that properly. > or > - disable the watchdog entirely. That would be a pity because it is very useful to find other problems. -Andi - 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/