Re: [PATCHv2] watchdog: stmp3xxx: Implement GETBOOTSTATUS

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Hi Harald,

On Sat, Oct 3, 2015 at 6:54 PM, Harald Geyer <harald@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> When the watchdog is enabled, we set a persitent bit. After booting
> we query the bit and see if the system was reset by the watchdog.
>
> This is somewhat similar to what the legacy driver from freescale
> does. However we use STMP3XXX_RTC_PERSISTENT2 instead of
> STMP3XXX_RTC_PERSISTENT1. I tried that first, but it seems I can't
> clear the bit there once it is set. I didn't find any documentation
> what this register does - only vague hints that it is meant to
> control the boot ROM.
>
> Part of the code from the legacy driver touching this register
> is still included. Maybe this is stale, but this patch doesn't
> touch any of it because I don't know what it really does or is
> meant to do.
>
> Signed-off-by: Harald Geyer <harald@xxxxxxxxx>

I read your commit log, but it is not clear for me what is the real
issue you are trying to solve with this patch.

Please clarify.

Regards,

Fabio Estevam
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