Re: [PATCH 1/6] watchdog: Allow a driver to use milliseconds instead of seconds

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On Sat, Jun 20, 2020 at 12:33:46PM -0500, minyard@xxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Corey Minyard <cminyard@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> If the WDIOF_MSECTIMER is set, then all the timeouts in the watchdog
> structure are expected to be in milliseconds.  Add the flag and the
> various conversions.  This should have no effect on existing drivers.
> 

I have decided to go another route: Instead of using a WDIOF_MSECTIMER
flag, provide new callback functions. That increases structure sizes,
but ultimately I think it is cleaner.

I implemented a prototype, but didn't have a chance to test it yet.

Guenter



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