On 12/06/2011 04:06 PM, Wolfram Sang wrote: > >>> bootcount itself is not a device. It is a feature of certain devices. And that >>> needs to be implemented; possibly generic enough that it can work for register >>> based, i2c based, and so forth, accesses. >> >> If "boot counter" is not a good name for such a device, then what name >> would you suggest? > > None. > >> Or do you think a counter (which can be implemented in a number of >> different ways, depending on hardware specifics) is not a device? > > Yes. > >> What would be such a device, then? > > "maxim,ds1338" > > Please have a look at the devicetree.org-wiki-page I just mentioned: > > http://devicetree.org/Device_Tree_Usage > Perhaps fs/pstore would be a good choice for the user space interface (defining a new file bootcount). This can support any arbitrary backing device although pretty much only ACPI is implemented. Rob -- 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
