On Fri, May 03, 2013 at 10:33:13AM +0200, Dirk Eibach wrote: > Hi Guenter, > > >>>>diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig b/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig > >>>>index e89fc31..6048593 100644 > >>>>--- a/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig > >>>>+++ b/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig > >>>>@@ -1172,6 +1172,38 @@ config BOOKE_WDT_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT > >>>> > >>>> The value can be overridden by the wdt_period command-line > >>>>parameter. > >>>> > >>>>+choice > >>>>+ prompt "PowerPC Book-E Watchdog reset type" > >>>>+ depends on BOOKE_WDT > >>>>+ default BOOKE_WDT_RESET_CHIP > >>>>+ help > >>>>+ Specify what kind of reset will be executed on watchdog > >>>>timeout. > >>>>+ > >>>Seems to me it would be much better to make this configurable via > >>>platform data > >>>and/or device tree. > >> > >>good catch. What do the device-tree gurus think to be a nice > >>property name? > > having a closer look, I realized booke_wdt is not device-tree based > yet. Migrating it would come close to a rewrite, breaking > compatibility for all current users. Sorry, this is way beyond the > time I have for this project. So I suggest merging the change the > way it is, as it is clearly an improvement. > I sent a couple of RFC patches converting the driver to a platform driver and adding of support to linux-watchdog and linux-kernel mailing lists. Compile tested only, and missing is automatic driver instantiation. Guenter -- 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
