linux-kernel - Re: [v3.8 Regression] watchdog: sp5100

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Date:	Fri, 15 Feb 2013 08:32:10 +0100
From:	Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@...ana.be>
To:	Joseph Salisbury <joseph.salisbury@...onical.com>
Cc:	mc74hc00@...il.com, linux-watchdog@...r.kernel.org,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Kernel Team <kernel-team@...ts.ubuntu.com>
Subject: Re: [v3.8 Regression] watchdog: sp5100_tco: Add SB8x0 chipset support

Hi Joseph,

> A bug was opened against the Ubuntu kernel[0].  It was found that 
> reverting the following commit resolved this bug:
> 
> commit 740fbddf5c3f9ad8b23c5d917ba1cc7e376a5104
> Author: Takahisa Tanaka <mc74hc00@...il.com>
> Date:   Sun Dec 2 14:33:18 2012 +0900
> 
>     watchdog: sp5100_tco: Add SB8x0 chipset support
> 
> 
> The regression was introduced as of v3.8-rc1.
> 
> I see that you are the author of this patch, so I wanted to run this by 
> you.  I was thinking of requesting a revert for v3.8, but I wanted to 
> get your feedback first.

Please check out the attached patches first (They are allready in linux-next).

Other references:
Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43176
Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43176

Kind regards,
Wim.


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