linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] i2c: i801: Do not create iTCO watchdog when WDAT table exists

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Message-ID: <20160922174846.GC1861@katana>
Date:   Thu, 22 Sep 2016 19:48:46 +0200
From:   Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>
To:     Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     "Rafael J . Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@...ana.be>,
        Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
        Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>, Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.com>,
        Peter Tyser <ptyser@...-inc.com>,
        Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>,
        Zha Qipeng <qipeng.zha@...el.com>,
        Darren Hart <dvhart@...radead.org>, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] i2c: i801: Do not create iTCO watchdog when WDAT
 table exists

On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 03:30:53PM +0300, Mika Westerberg wrote:
> ACPI WDAT table is the preferred way to use hardware watchdog over the
> native iTCO_wdt. Windows only uses this table for its hardware watchdog
> implementation so we should be relatively safe to trust it has been
> validated by OEMs
> 
> Prevent iTCO watchdog creation if we detect that there is ACPI WDAT table.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>
> Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>

BTW I assume this patch does not go via the i2c tree. Please tell me if
you think otherwise.


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