[PATCH] m8xx_wdt: software watchdog reset/interrupt select\
Kumar Gala
galak at kernel.crashing.org
Tue Nov 15 08:14:54 EST 2005
On Nov 14, 2005, at 10:03 AM, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 14, 2005 at 01:57:37PM -0200, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
>> Hi Kumar,
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 14, 2005 at 02:55:24PM -0600, Kumar Gala wrote:
>>> Can we put the WDT for 8xx in drivers/char/watchdog/?
>>
>> The userspace interface is already there at
>> drivers/char/watchdog/mpc8xx_wdt.c. I don't any reason for having two
>> files, will try to merge them into drivers/.
>
> Actually, drivers/char/watchdog/mpc8xx_wdt.c is a module, while
> some of the initialization code must reside in the kernel image.
>
> Thats the reason for the split - not sure if merging the two
> files is worth?
Fair enough.
- kumar
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