Re: [RFC] [PATCH 5/10] Generic Watchdog Timer Driver

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On Thu, Mar 03, 2011 at 11:38:14AM +0100, Wim Van Sebroeck wrote:

Reflowed into 80 columns.

> 2) Is there a real need for having 500ms or 1500ms? why would 1 or 2
> seconds not be OK? (which are allready small timeouts for userspace
> anyway...)

Yes, in embedded cases.  There it's much easier to have good control
over userspace such that you can meet the scheduling requirements.
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