linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] powerpc: Make Book E watchdog reset type configurable

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Message-ID: <20130526170454.GA8395@spo001.leaseweb.com>
Date:	Sun, 26 May 2013 19:04:54 +0200
From:	Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@...ana.be>
To:	Dirk Eibach <dirk.eibach@...ys.cc>
Cc:	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Kumar Gala <galak@...nel.crashing.org>,
	linux-watchdog@...r.kernel.org, devicetree-discuss@...ts.ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc: Make Book E watchdog reset type configurable

Hi Dirk,

> having a closer look, I realized booke_wdt is not device-tree based 
> yet. Migrating it would come close to a rewrite, breaking compatibility 
> for all current users. Sorry, this is way beyond the time I have for 
> this project. So I suggest merging the change the way it is, as it is 
> clearly an improvement.

My opinion: don't put it in Kconfig.
I see 2 options for the time being:
1) the DT way
2) introduce a moduleparam for it.

Kind regards,
Wim.

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