Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1760736Ab2EWSg0 (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 May 2012 14:36:26 -0400 Received: from ns1.pc-advies.be ([83.149.101.17]:54185 "EHLO spo001.leaseweb.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756356Ab2EWSgY (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 May 2012 14:36:24 -0400 Date: Wed, 23 May 2012 20:36:23 +0200 From: Wim Van Sebroeck To: Ashish Jangam Cc: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-watchdog@vger.kernel.org" , Anthony Olech , sameo@linux.intel.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] Watchdog: Fix for settimeout issue Message-ID: <20120523183623.GN3074@spo001.leaseweb.com> References: <1335768031.9546.20.camel@dhruva> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1335768031.9546.20.camel@dhruva> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 597 Lines: 18 Hi Ashish, > Some devices have a fixed minimum elapse time and a ping before this > elapse time causes error condition. This patch fix this issue in the > settimeout operation. Won't add this patch. The driver needs to take care of the mdelay. PS: for da9052_wdt: start (=set_timeout) + ping will also give you the same problem. Kind regards, Wim. -- 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/