With the early_enable module parameter the watchdog can be started during driver probe time. If this is requested the bets are good that the timer is already running, so to narrow the gap where the timer is disabled only call the disable function when the timer shouldn't be started. Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/watchdog/omap_wdt.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/omap_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/omap_wdt.c index af8947429c91..ae673cd06aa1 100644 --- a/drivers/watchdog/omap_wdt.c +++ b/drivers/watchdog/omap_wdt.c @@ -270,7 +270,8 @@ static int omap_wdt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) wdev->wdog.bootstatus = WDIOF_CARDRESET; } - omap_wdt_disable(wdev); + if (!early_enable) + omap_wdt_disable(wdev); ret = watchdog_register_device(&wdev->wdog); if (ret) { -- 2.6.2 -- 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