On 04/13/2015 06:33 AM, Alexander Stein wrote:
Hi, is there a specific reason that the timeout in the linux watchdog drivers is only provided in seconds resolution? What about timeouts in ms area/precision?
The question would probably be why not. On a loaded system, sub-second watchdog timeouts are quite unreasonable. In other words, you would have to provide a very good argument for sub-second timeouts if you see the need for it. That some hardware may require it is not really an argument here - this is all about user space - kernel interface, not about limitations of specific hardware. 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
