[PATCH] WDT Driver for Book-E [2/2] Device driver part.

Kumar Gala kumar.gala at freescale.com
Sat Mar 5 03:44:14 EST 2005


Fair enough, we might actually have multiple watchdogs on some of are 
parts when the integrate system logic w/its own watchdog.  Makes sense. 
  Lets leave it a config option then.

- kumar

On Mar 4, 2005, at 10:35 AM, Matt Porter wrote:

> On Fri, Mar 04, 2005 at 10:02:40AM -0600, Kumar Gala wrote:
>  > Matt,
>  >
> > Do you think this really needs a config option?  Should it not be 
> > sufficient that if you enable watchdog you get this functionality on 
> > 4xx/e500?
>
> I see the 8xx example, however, there may be a case where somebody
>  wants to use another hardware watchdog mechanism.  In that case,
>  they probably don't want this facility automagically being enabled.
> I think having the option can't hurt.
>
> -Matt




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