Re: [RFC 1/6] watchdog: da9063_wdt: don't trigger watchdog too fast

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Hi Guenter,

On Tue, Jul 05, 2016 at 08:33:35AM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> On 07/05/2016 06:22 AM, Stefan Christ wrote:
> >Triggering the watchdog faster than T_WDMIN=256ms leads to resets of the
> >da9063 chip. The datasheet says that the watchdog must only be triggered
> >in the timeframe T_WDMIN to T_WDMAX. The T_WDMAX is configured in the
> >driver.
> >
> >This problem was already mentioned in the patch:
> >
> >     http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.watchdog/1708
> >
> >You also could say that this behavior is a feature. When the userspace
> >goes wild, triggering the watchdog to fast, the system is reseted. But
> >there is currently no information in the watchdog ABI to report a
> >minimum wait time between two watchdog heartbeats.
> >
> 
> There isn't ? What is the problem with min_hw_heartbeat_ms which was
> introduced exactly for that purpose ?
> 

Ah your right. Sorry, I didn't noticed it. I'm sending a v2 patch for it.
Thanks.

Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Kind regards,
	Stefan Christ

> Thanks,
> Guenter
> 
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