hi Luca, On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 3:22 PM, Luciano Coelho <luciano.coelho@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> unmask the WL1271_ACX_INTR_WATCHDOG interrupt. >> when getting it - enqueue a recovery work and bail out. >> >> Signed-off-by: Eliad Peller <eliad@xxxxxxxxxx> >> --- > > This looks good. Just to clarify, the hardware is going to send this > event when something goes wrong? What kind of situation triggers this > event? > the WD is a simple timer that runs backward. when it gets to 0, the WD interrupt is triggered. normally, the firmware resets the timer when it's idle (every 500 msec in the worst case). thus, the WD will be triggered if the firmware is stuck (ASSERT / endless loop) for about 2 seconds. Eliad. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
