Hi Guenter, > > This allows setting a default value for the watchdog.open_timeout > > commandline parameter via Kconfig. > > > > Some BSPs allow remote updating of the kernel image and root file > > system, but updating the bootloader requires physical access. Hence, if > > one has a firmware update that requires relaxing the > > watchdog.open_timeout a little, the value used must be baked into the > > kernel image itself and cannot come from the u-boot environment via the > > kernel command line. > > > > Being able to set the initial value in .config doesn't change the fact > > that the value on the command line, if present, takes precedence, and is > > of course immensely useful for development purposes while one has > > console acccess, as well as usable in the cases where one can make a > > permanent update of the kernel command line. > > > > Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <rasmus.villemoes@xxxxxxxxx> > > Wim, any thoughts on making this configurable ? I used to be opposed to it, > but it does seem to make some sense to me now after thinking about it. I will look at it later this week. Kind regards, Wim. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
