Re: [RFC 4/4] watchdog: ni9x3x_wdt: Let user control watchdog mode

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On Thu, Feb 04, 2016 at 07:28:03PM -0600, Kyle Roeschley wrote:
> When first powering on, the NI 903x/913x watchdog starts in boot mode.
> If not switched from boot mode to user mode within 30 seconds of power
> on, the device status LED indicates an unrecoverable error. While before
> this was handled automatically, now add a module parameter to disable
> this behavior.
> 
> In order to still have a useful watchdog, also add a R/W sysfs attribute
> `mode' which can be used to switch the watchdog mode from boot to user
> mode (but not user to boot mode).

Hmm.  Instead of an attribute, why don't we just ensure the watchdog is
in "user" mode in start()?

  Josh

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