Re: [PATCH] iTCO_wdt: Don't stop on shutdown with nowayout

From: Simon Kagstrom
Date: Wed Feb 24 2010 - 01:25:54 EST


On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:24:52 +0000
> > + if (!nowayout)
> > + iTCO_wdt_stop();
> > }
> >
> > #define iTCO_wdt_suspend NULL
>
> I see the issue, however what happens if you're
> rebooting into a system that doesn't then renable the watchdog.
> I've seen systems where the hardware watchdog is not reset
> during the reboot process, in which case you'll get a
> reboot while running the other system.

Well, in that case I would run without nowayout. I just think the
behavior is a bit strange if the watchdog is turned off at all if we
have nowayout set.

Thanks for your suggestion though!

// Simon
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