Hello,

On Thu, Sep 24, 2020 at 03:20:33AM +0000, Qiang Zhao wrote:
> On 21/09/2020 13:48:19+0800, Qiang Zhao wrote:
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@bootlin.com>
> > Sent: 2020年9月23日 17:45
> > To: Qiang Zhao <qiang.zhao@nxp.com>
> > Cc: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@linux-watchdog.org>; Guenter Roeck
> > <linux@roeck-us.net>; linux-watchdog@vger.kernel.org;
> > a.zummo@towertech.it; robh+dt@kernel.org; linux-rtc@vger.kernel.org;
> > devicetree@vger.kernel.org; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; Uwe Kleine-König
> > <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>
> > Subject: Re: [Patch v2 1/3] dt-bindings: rtc: pcf2127: Add bindings for
> > nxp,pcf2127
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > You forgot to copy the watchdog maintainers, I think such a property should be
> > discussed with them.
> > 
> > Note that I'm still convinced this is not a complete solution, see:
> > https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flore.kern
> > el.org%2Flinux-rtc%2F20200716181816.GF3428%40piout.net%2F&amp;data=
> > 02%7C01%7Cqiang.zhao%40nxp.com%7Cb71f79a044b0493d6d4f08d85fa551c
> > b%7C686ea1d3bc2b4c6fa92cd99c5c301635%7C0%7C1%7C637364510931174
> > 355&amp;sdata=%2BOxrzB8RIuxM9Let5slhfCVmMm6PMNoERDeHC9%2Fdxng
> > %3D&amp;reserved=0

haha

> Yes, you are right, There is not a fundamental solution.
> However it somewhat avoid this situation at least.
> 
> And if without this issue, 
> is it correct to register a rtc device as watchdog no matter it is used as watchdog on the board? 
> Every time Linux are booted up, watchdog device should be configured to the right one manually.
> So the patch are useful, even though it is not for the issue.
> 
> What should we do to really resolve this issue?

I still think we need a kernel solution here. I would expect that most
assembled pcf2127 chips are unable to act as a watchdog (i.e. don't have
the RST output connected to something that resets the machine).

So my favoured solution would be a positive property like:

	has-watchdog;

or something similar. In my eyes this is definitely something we want to
specify in the device tree because it is a relevant hardware property.
I consider it a bug to give a watchdog device to userspace that isn't
functional.

Best regards
Uwe

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