On 25.09.20 10:36, Wolfgang Denk wrote: > Dear Tom, > > In message <20200924131931.GF14816@bill-the-cat> you wrote: >> >> I'm talking about the case where we say we've enabled the WDT to >> supervise OS, but then bootefi something and have disabled the watchdog >> (to meet UEFI requirements) but didn't tell the user we've turned off >> the WDT that we had told them is on. > > Any so-called "watchdog" that can be disabled / switched off by > software is not really woth this name. As such, the concept of > disabling a watchdog in software, is misleading at best and should > never ibe implemented.
If we want to boot UEFI payloads, we will have to follow the UEFI specification even if we think it is not perfect. Best regards Heinrich > > Best regards, > > Wolfgang Denk >
