linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 8/10 v2] Generic Watchdog Timer Driver

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Message-Id: <201106241549.32601.arnd@arndb.de>
Date:	Fri, 24 Jun 2011 15:49:32 +0200
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@...ana.be>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Watchdog Mailing List <linux-watchdog@...r.kernel.org>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 8/10 v2] Generic Watchdog Timer Driver

On Wednesday 22 June 2011 22:00:09 Wim Van Sebroeck wrote:
> prefer to not do that for following reasons:
> 1) I deliberately splitted the framework in a series of patches, so that people
> understand better what the differen developmentt steps have been historically
> and/or logically. By splitting it, I hope that people will understand better
> why the API is what it is.
> 2) most watchdog drivers don't do this yet. So this teaches existing device
> driver writers also that this is a possible feature.
> 

Ok, makes sense.

	Arnd
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