On Tue, Jun 23, 2020 at 10:34:26AM +0200, Ahmad Fatoum wrote:
> Hello Sascha,
>
> On 6/23/20 10:23 AM, Sascha Hauer wrote:
> > On Mon, Jun 22, 2020 at 05:15:25PM +0200, Ahmad Fatoum wrote:
> >> nv.autoboot=abort has been added as development aid to have barebox stop
> >> at the shell prompt automatically. It makes sense to inhibit all watchdogs
> >> in this mode, so the user can later use the shell in peace.
> >
> > As a person who is frequently annoyed by watchdogs I really like this
> > change.
>
> :]
>
> > We could add a new option to the wd command to call
> > watchdog_inhibit_all() for the case when the autoboot timeout has been
> > interrupted by the user.
> >
> > Anyway, this could be done as a separate patch.
>
> I thought about having $global.autoboot_watchdog_inhibit_abort={nv,all},
> but didn't go through with it because I couldn't find a name I like.
>
> Is this what you are suggesting, but with wd setting an internal parameter
> instead?
I thought about a "wd -i" command that disables watchdogs or
automatically pings them. I would use this in case I want to do
something with barebox, but don't want to change nv.autoboot to "abort"
Sascha
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