Hi Linus,
I'm planning to remove the i8xx_tco watchdog driver
since we now have the iTCO_wdt driver that has a broader scope.
Therefor I created a small patch (that adds the driver to the
feature-removal-schedule list and defaults CONFIG_I8XX_TCO to n).
There is no impact at any of the drivers.
So can you please pull from 'master' branch of
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wim/linux-2.6-watchdog.git
or if master.kernel.org hasn't synced up yet:
master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wim/linux-2.6-watchdog.git
This will update the following files:
Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 8 ++++++++
drivers/char/watchdog/Kconfig | 1 +
2 files changed, 9 insertions(+)
with these Changes:
Author: Wim Van Sebroeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sun Mar 11 12:59:47 2007 +0000
[WATCHDOG] i8xx TCO driver - mark for removal
Mark the i8xx TCO driver for removal.
Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
The Changes can also be looked at on:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/wim/linux-2.6-watchdog.git;a=summary
For completeness, I added the overal diff below.
Greetings,
Wim.
================================================================================
diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
index c3b1430..0bc8b0b 100644
--- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -316,3 +316,11 @@ Why: The option/code is
Who: Johannes Berg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---------------------------
+
+What: i8xx_tco watchdog driver
+When: in 2.6.22
+Why: the i8xx_tco watchdog driver has been replaced by the iTCO_wdt
+ watchdog driver.
+Who: Wim Van Sebroeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
+
+---------------------------
diff --git a/drivers/char/watchdog/Kconfig b/drivers/char/watchdog/Kconfig
index ea09d0c..e812aa1 100644
--- a/drivers/char/watchdog/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/char/watchdog/Kconfig
@@ -301,6 +301,7 @@ config I6300ESB_WDT
config I8XX_TCO
tristate "Intel i8xx TCO Timer/Watchdog"
depends on WATCHDOG && (X86 || IA64) && PCI
+ default n
---help---
Hardware driver for the TCO timer built into the Intel 82801
I/O Controller Hub family. The TCO (Total Cost of Ownership)
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