Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1422656AbWHLUX1 (ORCPT ); Sat, 12 Aug 2006 16:23:27 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1422661AbWHLUX1 (ORCPT ); Sat, 12 Aug 2006 16:23:27 -0400 Received: from outpipe-village-512-1.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:57478 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1422656AbWHLUX0 (ORCPT ); Sat, 12 Aug 2006 16:23:26 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH] Added MIPS RM9K watchdog driver From: Alan Cox To: Thomas Koeller Cc: wim@iguana.be, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Ralf Baechle , linux-mips@linux-mips.org In-Reply-To: <200608121945.52202.thomas.koeller@baslerweb.com> References: <200608102319.13679.thomas@koeller.dyndns.org> <1155326835.24077.116.camel@localhost.localdomain> <200608121945.52202.thomas.koeller@baslerweb.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2006 21:43:41 +0100 Message-Id: <1155415422.24077.131.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.2 (2.6.2-1.fc5.5) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 693 Lines: 17 Ar Sad, 2006-08-12 am 19:45 +0200, ysgrifennodd Thomas Koeller: > On Friday 11 August 2006 22:07, Alan Cox wrote: > > Also if this is a software watchdog why is it better than using > > softdog ? > > > > This is _not_ a software watchdog. If the timer expires, an interrupt > is generated, and the timer is reset to count through another cycle. > If it expires again, it resets the CPU. Ok thanks, then it does make sense for it to be in kernel. - 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/