linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 7/10 v2] Generic Watchdog Timer Driver

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Date:	Sun, 19 Jun 2011 13:29:00 -0400
From:	Mark Lord <kernel@...savvy.com>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
CC:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@...ana.be>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Watchdog Mailing List <linux-watchdog@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/10 v2] Generic Watchdog Timer Driver

On 11-06-19 10:19 AM, Alan Cox wrote:
>>> Then you'd need an additional interface to specify which watchdog as soon
>>> as we support multiple watchdogs.
>>
>> You can always have multiple ways of setting nowayout -- hardware requirements,
>> global module option, local module option, and a new ioctl command -- but
>> what is being used is then the logical OR of all of them.
> 
> An ioctl for it would make a lot of sense as watchdogs are often compiled
> in so currently there isn't a good way to runtime set this.

I wouldn't mind a kernel parameter to enable a hardware watchdog timer at boot.
Currently, there's a window at startup where the watchdog is not enabled,
and the system could lock up and die in there without it being triggered.

Cheers
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