netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: Add watchdog interrupt handler

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Message-ID: <87r33doe80.fsf@weeman.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me>
Date:   Sat, 04 Feb 2017 16:09:19 -0500
From:   Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com>
To:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: Add watchdog interrupt handler

Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch> writes:

> The switch contains a watchdog looking for issues with the internal
> gubbins of the switch. Hook the interrupt the watchdog triggers and
> log the value of the control register indicating why the watchdog
> fired. The watchdog can only be cleared with a switch reset, which
> will destroy the current configuration. Rather than doing this, just
> disable the interrupt.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>

Reviewed-by: Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com>