Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1765769AbZFOUVQ (ORCPT ); Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:21:16 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754762AbZFOUVA (ORCPT ); Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:21:00 -0400 Received: from 195-23-16-24.net.novis.pt ([195.23.16.24]:52457 "EHLO bipbip.grupopie.com" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751556AbZFOUVA (ORCPT ); Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:21:00 -0400 Message-ID: <4A36A7ED.2050702@grupopie.com> Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:58:37 +0100 From: Rui Santos Organization: GrupoPIE, Portugal SA User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (X11/20090310) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Wim Van Sebroeck CC: Stephen Clark , Denys Fedoryschenko , Johannes Dewender , "Rafael J. Wysocki" , Frans Pop , Rutger Nijlunsing , Kernel Testers List , Andriy Gapon , Andrew Morton , LKML Subject: Re: [WATCHDOG] iTCO_wdt.c - ICH9 reboot issue - testing wanted References: <20090430094918.GC4141@infomag.iguana.be> <4A2967F6.2000303@grupopie.com> <20090610081845.GH16090@infomag.iguana.be> In-Reply-To: <20090610081845.GH16090@infomag.iguana.be> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1331 Lines: 41 Wim Van Sebroeck wrote: > Hi Rui, > Hi Wim, > >> With your patch, the Intel DG35EC board will not allow my distribution >> reboot or halt the machine. In order to circumvent that problem, I've >> made a few addition to your previous patch witch allows the restore of >> the changed Bit 0 to it's previous value if the module is unloaded. >> My only doubt is if it should be done every time the gbl_smi_en is zero, >> or in conjunction with nowayout when the value also equals zero. This >> patch has what I described and a commented gbl_smi_en only. >> > > Forget the previous patch. I don't like having this hack in the main iTCO_wdt code. > So I added it to the iTCO_vendor_support code with the necessary warnings. > Can you test this (please note that the iTCO_vendor_support module needs to be > loaded with the vendorsupport=911 module parameter). > It's working like a charm. Also, the Bit 0 is changed to its original value, so all reboots work. I've tested on 2.6.30 and 2.6.27 ( with a few mods... ). > Thanks in advance, > Thank you, > Wim. > Rui -- 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/