Re: [PATCH] sp5100_tco: Remove code that may cause a boot failure

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On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 08:31:52PM +0900, Takahisa Tanaka wrote:
> The critical problem which can't boot OS until the power is completely
> cut off found on PC with SB700 chipset. This patch fix the problem, but,
> this patch prevents the sp5100_tco driver from using watchdog timer
> function of chipset on PC with SP5100 or SB7x0 chipset.
> 
> Re-programming the MMIO address registers for the watchdog timer must
> have generated the problem. However, I don't know root cause so far.
> So, I decided to remove the concerned codes.
> 
> Link: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1116835
> Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43176
> 
> Signed-off-by: Takahisa Tanaka <mc74hc00@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/watchdog/sp5100_tco.c | 140 ++++--------------------------------------
>  drivers/watchdog/sp5100_tco.h |   2 +-
>  2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 128 deletions(-)


<formletter>

This is not the correct way to submit patches for inclusion in the
stable kernel tree.  Please read Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt
for how to do this properly.

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