From: "Uwe Kleine-König" <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>
To: Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@bootlin.com>
Cc: Bruno Thomsen <bruno.thomsen@gmail.com>,
linux-rtc@vger.kernel.org, linux-watchdog@vger.kernel.org,
a.zummo@towertech.it, wim@linux-watchdog.org, linux@roeck-us.net,
bth@kamstrup.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 4/5] rtc: pcf2127: add watchdog feature support
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2020 08:21:07 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200717062107.mpanwzpn52kdk7ut@pengutronix.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200716181816.GF3428@piout.net>
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Hi Alexandre,
On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 08:18:16PM +0200, Alexandre Belloni wrote:
> On 16/07/2020 16:47:05+0200, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> > On Thu, Aug 22, 2019 at 03:19:35PM +0200, Bruno Thomsen wrote:
> > > Add partial support for the watchdog functionality of
> > > both PCF2127 and PCF2129 chips.
> >
> > I have a board here with a pcf2127 that has the #RST pin
> > not connected.
> >
> > The problem this creates is: The bootloader arms the SoC's watchdog and
> > jumps into Linux. The pcf2127 driver happens to load first, so watchdog0
> > is provided by the RTC (but non-functional). Systemd is configured to
> > feed the watchdog, but happens to feed the wrong one, so the machine
> > resets shortly after it is up :-|
> >
> > So I wonder if we need a dt property that tells the driver if the RST
> > line is connected or not.
>
> I guess the current solution is to set WatchdogDevice to point to a link
> that is updated by udev thus ensuring it points to the correct watchdog
> device regardless of the probe order.
>
> This would be similar to the /dev/rtc symlink, pointing to the systohc
> RTC by default (even if I don't really like that heuristic).
>
> What you suggest is somewhat okay but doesn't really solve the issue if
> both watchdogs are functional and systemd still doesn't pick the one
> that is armed by the bootloader.
Yes, my suggestion doesn't solve the problem "Oh, there are two
watchdogs, which should I feed?". But IMHO in this case there shouldn't
be a watchdog device provided at all by an RTC that can be a watchdog
but isn't wired up correctly.
Best regards
Uwe
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-07-17 6:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-08-22 13:19 [PATCH v3 1/5] rtc: pcf2127: convert to devm_rtc_allocate_device Bruno Thomsen
2019-08-22 13:19 ` [PATCH v3 2/5] rtc: pcf2127: cleanup register and bit defines Bruno Thomsen
2019-08-22 21:27 ` Alexandre Belloni
2019-08-22 13:19 ` [PATCH v3 3/5] rtc: pcf2127: bugfix: read rtc disables watchdog Bruno Thomsen
2019-08-22 21:28 ` Alexandre Belloni
2019-08-22 13:19 ` [PATCH v3 4/5] rtc: pcf2127: add watchdog feature support Bruno Thomsen
2019-08-22 14:11 ` Guenter Roeck
2019-08-22 21:28 ` Alexandre Belloni
2020-07-16 14:47 ` Uwe Kleine-König
2020-07-16 18:18 ` Alexandre Belloni
2020-07-17 6:21 ` Uwe Kleine-König [this message]
2019-08-22 13:19 ` [PATCH v3 5/5] rtc: pcf2127: add tamper detection support Bruno Thomsen
2019-08-22 21:29 ` Alexandre Belloni
2019-08-22 21:26 ` [PATCH v3 1/5] rtc: pcf2127: convert to devm_rtc_allocate_device Alexandre Belloni
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