linux-kernel - Re: [WATCHDOG] iTCO_wdt.c - ICH9 reboot issue

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Date:	Wed, 3 Jun 2009 23:04:39 +0200
From:	Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@...ana.be>
To:	Rui Santos <rsantos@...popie.com>
Cc:	Stephen Clark <sclark46@...thlink.net>,
	Denys Fedoryschenko <denys@...p.net.lb>,
	Johannes Dewender <arch@...nyjd.net>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>, Frans Pop <elendil@...net.nl>,
	Rutger Nijlunsing <bugzilla.kernel@....tmfweb.nl>,
	Kernel Testers List <kernel-testers@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andriy Gapon <avg@...b.net.ua>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [WATCHDOG] iTCO_wdt.c - ICH9 reboot issue - testing wanted

Hi Rui,

> Just to let you know that gbl_smi_en=0, also solves the problem with
> Intel DG35EC motherboard, witch uses a  82801HB I/O Controller Hub (ICH8)

Thanks for the feedback. I'm going to put the code in the iTCO_vendor_support code
so that the iTCO_wdt watchdog code stays clean. The glb_smi_en is and stays a dirty
hack... (and I will also document it as such). The real solution is to have the BIOS
code fixed...

Kind regards,
Wim.

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