linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] watchdog/hpwdt: Enable hpwdt for ARM64 platforms

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Date:   Mon, 29 Aug 2022 09:19:13 -0600
From:   Jerry Hoemann <jerry.hoemann@....com>
To:     linux@...ck-us.net, wim@...ux-watchdog.org
Cc:     linux-watchdog@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] watchdog/hpwdt: Enable hpwdt for ARM64 platforms

On Sat, Aug 20, 2022 at 02:28:19PM -0600, Jerry Hoemann wrote:
> Enable hpwdt for the rl300, an ARM64 based platform.
> 

Guenter,

Did you have any questions/comments on version 2 of the patch series?

Thanks

Jerry

> 
> Patch 1: watchdog/hpwdt.c: Include nmi.h only if CONFIG_HPWDT_NMI_DECODING
> 
> ARM64 does not support NMI and does not have <asm/nmi.h>.  Include
> nmi.h only if CONFIG_HPWDT_NMI_DECODING is defined.
> 
> Patch 2: watchdog/Kconfig:  Allow hpwdt.c to be built for ARM64.
> 
> Allow hpwdt.c to be built for (ARM64 || X86) as this part of hwpdt doesn't
> use NMI.
> 
> Make HPWDT_NMI_DECODING dependent upon X86 as NMI handlers are specific
> to X86 platforms.
> 
> 
> == Changes for v2 ==
> Update patch documentation.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Jerry Hoemann (2):
>   watchdog/hpwdt: Include nmi.h only if CONFIG_HPWDT_NMI_DECODING
>   watchdog: Enable HP_WATCHDOG for ARM64 systems.
> 
>  drivers/watchdog/Kconfig | 4 ++--
>  drivers/watchdog/hpwdt.c | 2 ++
>  2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> -- 
> 2.37.1

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Jerry Hoemann                  Software Engineer   Hewlett Packard Enterprise
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