linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] watchdog: add support for w83697hg chip

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Date:	Fri, 08 Sep 2006 10:16:54 +0100
From:	Pádraig Brady <P@...igBrady.com>
To:	Samuel Tardieu <sam@...1149.net>
CC:	Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@...ana.be>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] watchdog: add support for w83697hg chip

Samuel Tardieu wrote:
>>>>>>"Sam" == Samuel Tardieu <sam@...1149.net> writes:
> 
> 
> Sam> I suggest that you use the following patch instead. [...] I
> Sam> disable the watchdog until it is first used
> 
> Oops, disabling will work best if done at module initialization time :)
> Revised patch attached.

Personally I don't agree with disabling the watchdog on load.
If it is already started from the BIOS or GRUB for example,
there will be a large window of time/logic that is not protected.

Pádraig.
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