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Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2016 11:41:25 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>
To: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] watchdog: Remove misleading word "legacy" for
 /dev/watchdog
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On Sun, 16 Oct 2016, Guenter Roeck wrote:

> On 10/16/2016 03:49 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> > The word "legacy" should not be used for the special file
> > /dev/watchdog, as that file is still essential for watchdog
> > operations.
> >
>
> NAK. The non-legacy name is /dev/watchdog0.

  ah, that wasn't clear from the source file.

rday

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