linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] WATCHDOG: don't auto-grab eurotechwdt.

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Message-ID: <489F612E.7070400@keyaccess.nl>
Date:	Sun, 10 Aug 2008 23:44:14 +0200
From:	Rene Herman <rene.herman@...access.nl>
To:	Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@...ana.be>
CC:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] WATCHDOG: don't auto-grab eurotechwdt.

On 09-08-08 23:42, Rene Herman wrote:

> [ Andrew: not submitted ]
> 
> Hi Wim.
> 
> I'm going over a list of drivers that break the boot of randconfig 
> kernels by keeping resources busy:
> 
> http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/8/1/96
> 
> and eurotechwdt and plain wdt are in that list. Below is an eurotechwdt 
> that makes passing in io and irq values mandatory as to keep that from 
> happening.
> 
> I saw pcwd was already isafied and followed that -- due to the comment 
> in eurwdt_release() though, I'm not sure about a .shutdown() method.
> 
> Do you want this in the first place? The randconfig testing does find 
> actual bugs so it is useful.
> 
> I'll do wdt and the other applicable ones in there as well if yes.

Wim, do you want them with the grab when modular, not grab when builtin 
distinction?

Rene.
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