Re: [PATCH 0/2] rtc: pcf2127: only use watchdog when explicitly available

From: Alexandre Belloni
Date: Fri Dec 04 2020 - 04:28:38 EST


On 30/11/2020 10:51:41+0100, Rasmus Villemoes wrote:
> On 24/09/2020 12.52, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > now that there are two people stumbling over the pcf2127 driver
> > providing a non-functional watchdog device, here comes an RFC patch to
> > address this.
>
> I just want to add a "me too" here, as I'm also now affected by the
> pcf2127 exposing a watchdog device (1) it didn't use to (affecting what
> /dev/watchdog0 means) and (2) is not actually hooked up in hardware.
>
> So can we please move forward with adding the has-watchdog opt-in DT
> property so existing boards will not be affected?
>

Well, someone has to get that property reviewed by Rob. Maybe this could
be reset-source as we have wakeup-source.

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