booke_wdt being a kernel module

Kumar Gala galak at kernel.crashing.org
Sat Apr 14 06:12:42 EST 2007


On Apr 12, 2007, at 2:54 PM, Dave wrote:

> Does it make sense for the booke_wdt driver to be a kernel module?
> Since the watchdog cannot be stopped, unloading the module after the
> watchdog has started basically garantees a reboot.... Should
> CONFIG_BOOKE_WDT be changed to a bool from tristate?

I don't see any value in making the booke_wdt driver a module.

- k



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