linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 0/3] watchdog: allow setting deadline for opening /dev/watchdogN

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Date:   Tue, 6 Jun 2017 06:47:47 -0700
From:   Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To:     Rasmus Villemoes <rasmus.villemoes@...vas.dk>,
        linux-watchdog@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Sebastian Reichel <sebastian.reichel@...labora.co.uk>,
        esben.haabendal@...il.com, Alan Cox <gnomes@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 0/3] watchdog: allow setting deadline for opening
 /dev/watchdogN

On 06/06/2017 01:08 AM, Rasmus Villemoes wrote:
> On 2017-05-30 10:56, Rasmus Villemoes wrote:
>>
>> v6 tweaks the wording in watchdog-parameters.txt to avoid having to
>> update it if and when the watchdog core grows new parameters. It also
>> adds a little more rationale to the commit messages for 2/3 and 3/3,
>> and adds Reviewed-bys to 1/3 which is unchanged from v5.
> 
> Ping. Guenther, is there anything I can do on my end to get this in
> before the 4.13 merge window opens? I realize you're busy, but I'd
> really appreciate just a brief response to this and the other emails
> I've sent the past few weeks.
> 
> 

You made a suggestion that this overlaps with another option, which forces me
to go back and check the entire exchange from the start, for which I did not
have time yet, sorry.

Guenter