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Date:   Tue, 26 Oct 2021 19:55:27 +0200
From:   Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@linux-watchdog.org>
To:     Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
Cc:     Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@linux-watchdog.org>,
        linux-watchdog@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] watchdog: iTCO: Drop vendor support
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Hi Guenter,

> On 10/8/21 8:26 AM, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> >iTCO vendor support was introduced in 2006 to support SuperMicro boards
> >with Pentium 3 CPUs. It was extended in 2009 to support motherbords
> >with broken BIOS (specifically Intel DG33TL). The code is long since
> >obsolete, so let's drop support for it.
> >
> >Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
> 
> Wim - this patch is buggy. Please don't apply it.

Noted.

Kind regards,
Wim.