linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] watchdog: add support for MOXA V2100 watchdog driver

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Date:	Tue, 3 May 2011 12:15:10 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Wolfram Sang <w.sang@...gutronix.de>
Cc:	jimmy.chen@...a.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-watchdog@...r.kernel.org, wim@...ana.be
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] watchdog: add support for MOXA V2100 watchdog
 driver

> Hmm, code in a header? Can't this go into the main source? Hmm, at least
> it87_wdt.c has something very similar. Maybe it can even be shared? What
> about locking BTW?

The spinlock handles it if you look at the caller points, because you
have to own the super I/O and select it each time.


Ultimately it wants to be using request_muxed_* but that isn't in any of
the mainstream code yet so can be done in the future when the mux patches
go in.

Alan
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