linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] rtc: pcf2127: only use watchdog when explicitly available

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Date:   Fri, 4 Dec 2020 10:27:52 +0100
From:   Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>
To:     Rasmus Villemoes <rasmus.villemoes@...vas.dk>
Cc:     Uwe Kleine-König 
        <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>, Qiang Zhao <qiang.zhao@....com>,
        Bruno Thomsen <bruno.thomsen@...il.com>,
        linux-rtc@...r.kernel.org, a.zummo@...ertech.it,
        linux-watchdog@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, robh+dt@...nel.org,
        kernel@...gutronix.de, Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@...ux-watchdog.org>,
        Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] rtc: pcf2127: only use watchdog when explicitly
 available

On 30/11/2020 10:51:41+0100, Rasmus Villemoes wrote:
> On 24/09/2020 12.52, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > now that there are two people stumbling over the pcf2127 driver
> > providing a non-functional watchdog device, here comes an RFC patch to
> > address this.
> 
> I just want to add a "me too" here, as I'm also now affected by the
> pcf2127 exposing a watchdog device (1) it didn't use to (affecting what
> /dev/watchdog0 means) and (2) is not actually hooked up in hardware.
> 
> So can we please move forward with adding the has-watchdog opt-in DT
> property so existing boards will not be affected?
> 

Well, someone has to get that property reviewed by Rob. Maybe this could
be reset-source as we have wakeup-source.

-- 
Alexandre Belloni, Bootlin
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
https://bootlin.com