From: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
To: Flavio Suligoi <f.suligoi@asem.it>
Cc: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@linux-watchdog.org>,
"linux-watchdog@vger.kernel.org" <linux-watchdog@vger.kernel.org>,
"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: R: [PATCH v1] watchdog: wdat: add param. to start wdog on module insertion
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2021 13:30:42 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210222213042.GH98612@roeck-us.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <90ae006f2f3a47298122d53ba5e747b3@asem.it>
On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 11:28:18AM +0000, Flavio Suligoi wrote:
[ ... ]
> > Having said that, I'd prefer to have a module parameter in the watchdog
> > core. We already have a number of similar module parameters in various
> > drivers, all named differently, and I'd rather not have more.
>
> Ok, I'll study how to introduce a this new parameter in the wdog core,
> so that it can be available for all watchdog drivers.
> Then we'll have to think what to do with the existent similar parameters.
> I think we have to keep them for compatibility reasons.
>
Correct.
Thanks,
Guenter
prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-02-22 21:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-02-18 16:32 [PATCH v1] watchdog: wdat: add param. to start wdog on module insertion Flavio Suligoi
2021-02-19 10:54 ` Mika Westerberg
2021-02-19 14:01 ` R: " Flavio Suligoi
2021-02-19 15:32 ` Guenter Roeck
2021-02-22 11:28 ` Flavio Suligoi
2021-02-22 21:30 ` Guenter Roeck [this message]
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