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From: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
To: "Uwe Kleine-König" <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>,
	"Wim Van Sebroeck" <wim@linux-watchdog.org>
Cc: linux-watchdog@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: What to set in struct watchdog_device::bootstatus?
Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2019 06:05:43 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <f9ec94d7-8365-e733-81ff-34c501cce89a@roeck-us.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190208105230.g33nxiu4r6uqech3@pengutronix.de>

On 2/8/19 2:52 AM, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> it's unclear to me, which bits I am supposed to set in the bootstatus
> member of struct watchdog_device at probe time.
> 
> The i.MX watchdog differentiates the following reset causes:
> 
>   - Power On
None.

>   - external reset

None.

>   - watchdog timeout

WDIOF_CARDRESET

>   - software reset using a bit in the watchdog register set
> 
> (Not all i.MX variants implement all bits according to the respective
> reference manuals.)
> 
> Should "Power On" result in setting WDIOF_POWERUNDER?
> 
No.

> Should "software reset [...]" result in WDIOF_CARDRESET?
> 
That would be the best fit if you want a bit to be set, but it would be
misleading since it would suggest that the watchdog fired.

> Should "external reset" result in WDIOF_EXTERN1? (I guess that no)
> 
No.

Overall, the bits are only to be set if the reset was triggered by
the watchdog controller.

Guenter

  reply	other threads:[~2019-02-08 14:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-02-08 10:52 What to set in struct watchdog_device::bootstatus? Uwe Kleine-König
2019-02-08 14:05 ` Guenter Roeck [this message]
2019-02-20 20:14   ` Uwe Kleine-König
2019-05-09 19:25     ` Uwe Kleine-König
2019-05-10  3:53       ` Guenter Roeck

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