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From: Wolfram Sang <wsa@the-dreams.de>
To: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
Cc: Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@sang-engineering.com>,
	linux-watchdog@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-renesas-soc@vger.kernel.org,
	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] watchdog: renesas_wdt: support handover from bootloader
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2019 21:01:06 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190417190106.GA15544@kunai> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190417180556.GA18401@roeck-us.net>

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Hi Guenter,

> > driver takes over. If the system hangs in this window, bad luck. So, I'd think
> > it makes sense to have this clock either always-on or to keep the state which
> > came from the firmware.

I wrote this paragraph...

> Is handover even possible if the clock is controlled by clock management ?
> Seems to me the clock would then be turned off through pm, which effectively
> turns off the watchdog. So it will be off between clock/pm initialization
> and the above code, meaning wdt handover from the boot loader is for all
> practical purposes useless if the kernel gets stuck in between.

... because I fully agree with you :)


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  reply	other threads:[~2019-04-17 19:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-04-15 10:52 [RFC PATCH] watchdog: renesas_wdt: support handover from bootloader Wolfram Sang
2019-04-17 18:05 ` Guenter Roeck
2019-04-17 19:01   ` Wolfram Sang [this message]
2019-05-09  7:38 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2019-05-24 13:52 ` Wolfram Sang
2019-06-07 20:41   ` Guenter Roeck
2019-06-07 20:55     ` Wolfram Sang

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