Re: [PATCH] watchdog: bcm2835_wdt: set WDOG_HW_RUNNING bit when appropriate

From	Eric Anholt <eric@anholt.net>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH] watchdog: bcm2835_wdt: set WDOG_HW_RUNNING bit when appropriate
Date	2016-12-12 18:50 +0100
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Rasmus Villemoes <rasmus.villemoes@prevas.dk> writes:

> A bootloader may start the watchdog device before handing control to
> the kernel - in that case, we should tell the kernel about it so the
> watchdog framework can keep it alive until userspace opens
> /dev/watchdog0.

I don't believe our current bootloaders (the closed firmware or u-boot)
set up the watchdog, but this seems reasonable since they might want to
later.

Acked-by: Eric Anholt <eric@anholt.net>

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[PATCH] watchdog: bcm2835_wdt: set WDOG_HW_RUNNING bit when appropriate Rasmus Villemoes <rasmus.villemoes@prevas.dk> - 2016-12-12 10:50 +0100
  Re: [PATCH] watchdog: bcm2835_wdt: set WDOG_HW_RUNNING bit when  appropriate Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> - 2016-12-12 15:50 +0100
  Re: [PATCH] watchdog: bcm2835_wdt: set WDOG_HW_RUNNING bit when appropriate Eric Anholt <eric@anholt.net> - 2016-12-12 18:50 +0100

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