linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 3/9] watchdog: at91rm9200: use the system timer syscon

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Date:	Wed, 4 Mar 2015 16:08:15 +0100
From:	Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...e-electrons.com>
To:	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
Cc:	Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@...el.com>,
	Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>,
	Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...e-electrons.com>,
	Jean-Christophe Plagniol-Villard <plagnioj@...osoft.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>,
	Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@...ana.be>,
	Sebastian Reichel <sre@...nel.org>,
	Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov <dbaryshkov@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-watchdog@...r.kernel.org, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 3/9] watchdog: at91rm9200: use the system timer syscon

On 04/03/2015 at 06:51:51 -0800, Guenter Roeck wrote :
> >@@ -267,7 +276,7 @@ static struct platform_driver at91wdt_driver = {
> >  	.suspend	= at91wdt_suspend,
> >  	.resume		= at91wdt_resume,
> >  	.driver		= {
> >-		.name	= "at91_wdt",
> >+		.name	= "atmel_st_watchdog",
> 
> If you change the driver name you also need to change the MODULE_ALIAS
> a few lines down.
> 
> But why change it in the first place ? Maybe that was discussed somewhere,
> but not here where it belongs, and not in patch 0/9 either.
> 

That's because it conflicts with drivers/watchdog/at91sam9_wdt.c

I'm not sure that is relevant anymore as they will only be probed using
DT now.


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Embedded Linux, Kernel and Android engineering
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