Re: 2.0.36pre15 watchdog problem
Paonia (paonia@khan.massart.edu)
Sun, 1 Nov 1998 16:57:04 -0500 (EST)
>
> > I have been trying to get our Watchdog cards to work for awhile. After
> > conducting a fair amount of testing, this is what I found:
> > The card works as a module under 2.1.126 and 2.0.36pre15
> > The card works built in with 2.1.126 but does not work if built into
> > 2.0.36pre15. All the test where done with the same config files (for the
> > correct kernel version (expect loadable modules and wdt as a module was
> > tunred on in the modulized version))
> >
> > I need to have the watchdog card run under 2.0.36 so 2.1 is not an
> > option but I thought it might help get a handle in what is going. Has
> > anyone seen this? Is there a fix? Or test I can run that will help people
> > understand what is going on?
>
> If this is the WDT500/501 card then build the thing as a module, theres
> a bug in the non modular init for some driver combinations that means
> the driver doesnt get installed
>
ok thanks. Could u put a note in the wdt.c file and/or the watchdog file
in Documnetation? Also is it safe to say this will not be fixed until 2.2?
(in terms of production kernsls)
thanks
paonia
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