linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] iTCO_wdt: Don't double the requested timeout

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Date:	Wed, 24 Feb 2010 10:16:18 +0100
From:	Simon Kagstrom <simon.kagstrom@...insight.net>
To:	Pádraig Brady <P@...igBrady.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, wim@...ana.be, seth.heasley@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] iTCO_wdt: Don't double the requested timeout

On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:09:26 +0000
Pádraig Brady <P@...igBrady.com> wrote:

> Actually looking at that code I noticed that it wasn't
> accounting for the timer counting down twice before reboot,
> which I thought was the case for ICH4 at least.
> The following is not even compiled, nor am I sure it
> applies to TCO v2. Testing/info appreciated.

I tested your change on our TCO v1-based board, and it doubles the time
until the watchdog triggers. So:

Tested-by: Simon Kagstrom <simon.kagstrom@...insight.se>
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