linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] watchdog: bcm2835: Fix poweroff behaviour

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Date:	Sun, 13 Sep 2015 21:26:26 +0200
From:	Noralf Trønnes <noralf@...nnes.org>
To:	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>, linux-watchdog@...r.kernel.org,
	Eric Anholt <eric@...olt.net>
Cc:	linux-rpi-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] watchdog: bcm2835: Fix poweroff behaviour


Den 18.06.2015 05:58, skrev Guenter Roeck:
> On 06/17/2015 07:04 AM, Noralf Trønnes wrote:
>> Currently poweroff/halt results in a reboot on the Raspberry Pi.
>> The firmware uses the RSTS register to know which partiton to
>> boot from. The partiton value is spread into bits
>> 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10. Partiton 63 is a special partition used by
>> the firmware to indicate halt.
>>
>> The firmware made this change in 19 Aug 2013 and was matched
>> by the downstream commit:
>> Changes for new NOOBS multi partition booting from gsh
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Noralf Trønnes <noralf@...nnes.org>
>
> Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
>

It seems that this has slipped through the cracks, at least it didn't
enter in the 4.3 merge window.


Noralf.

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