Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757263AbYGaXH3 (ORCPT ); Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:07:29 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751746AbYGaXHT (ORCPT ); Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:07:19 -0400 Received: from earthlight.etchedpixels.co.uk ([81.2.110.250]:39199 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751372AbYGaXHS (ORCPT ); Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:07:18 -0400 Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:48:17 +0100 From: Alan Cox To: Suresh Siddha Cc: Andi Kleen , "Siddha, Suresh B" , Ingo Molnar , "H. Peter Anvin" , "tglx@linutronix.de" , "torvalds@linux-foundation.org" , "akpm@linux-foundation.org" , "arjan@linux.intel.com" , "roland@redhat.com" , "drepper@redhat.com" , "mikpe@it.uu.se" , "chrisw@sous-sol.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: [patch 0/9] x86, xsave: xsave/xrstor support Message-ID: <20080731234817.7d563c36@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <20080731221924.GD8563@linux-os.sc.intel.com> References: <20080729172917.185593000@linux-os.sc.intel.com> <488FA318.3040905@zytor.com> <20080729232951.GB11223@linux-os.sc.intel.com> <488FAB2B.7050405@zytor.com> <20080730100326.GA9683@elte.hu> <20080730182539.GA17140@elte.hu> <20080730234102.GF11223@linux-os.sc.intel.com> <20080731212915.GH2729@elte.hu> <20080731215808.GB8563@linux-os.sc.intel.com> <20080731221435.GS23938@one.firstfloor.org> <20080731221924.GD8563@linux-os.sc.intel.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.5.0 (GTK+ 2.12.11; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) Organization: Red Hat UK Cyf., Amberley Place, 107-111 Peascod Street, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 1TE, Y Deyrnas Gyfunol. Cofrestrwyd yng Nghymru a Lloegr o'r rhif cofrestru 3798903 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 848 Lines: 18 > But thats not what I see with for ex with, w83627hf_wdt.c > > Its done at the module_init time. (while I thought it should be > really done when some user level app opens the device, probably > its poorly written to take care if the kernel panics before starting userland. > but kernel can even die before the watchdog driver load aswell ;-) Various watchdogs fail to conform in assorted differing ways. Wim did some patches to build a common watchdog library and I sent him a rework of it a while ago. Once that is adopted this should all get cleaned up. Right now Wim is a bit busy however. Alan -- 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/