linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] watchdog/hpwdt: Disable PreTimeout when Timeout is smaller

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Message-ID: <32cd1d39-f8d2-8b40-e025-4e3cda27c2c5@roeck-us.net>
Date:   Fri, 21 Sep 2018 17:22:16 -0700
From:   Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To:     Jerry Hoemann <jerry.hoemann@....com>, wim@...ux-watchdog.org
Cc:     linux-watchdog@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] watchdog/hpwdt: Disable PreTimeout when Timeout is
 smaller

On 09/21/2018 01:50 PM, Jerry Hoemann wrote:
> During module install, disable pretimeout if the requested timeout
> value is not greater than the minimal pretimeout value that is
> supported by hardware.
> 
> This makes the module load handling of pretimeout consistent
> with the ioctl handling of pretimeout.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jerry Hoemann <jerry.hoemann@....com>

Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>