> > /* Register the watchdog timer device */ > > res = watchdog_register_device(&wdt_dev); > > Why is this a feature of the individual drivers and not of the core? It's a hardware dependant feature - some watchdogs cannot be stopped once initialized. > Maybe it can be in both, so existing drivers don't need to change the user > interface, but new drivers don't have to provide the option individually > when you can simply set it for the base module. Then you'd need an additional interface to specify which watchdog as soon as we support multiple watchdogs. Alan -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-watchdog" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
