On Friday, April 29, 2011 07:06:56 Detlev Zundel wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 11:25, Detlev Zundel wrote: > >> Now that we have the documentation, the code should be changed to > >> reflect it ;) > >> > >> Asd far as I can see, these are the places where HW_WATCHDOG is used > > > >> instead of WATCHDOG: > > the trouble is that watchdog.h doesnt seem to match, nor does the > > name. "hardware" means to me "hardware" as in "the cpu hardware". > > Yes, I understand that the situation is not 100% ideal, but I do not > share your pessimism.
it isnt pessimism ... it's a fact that the documentation does not match the source, nor is the source clear. > > > the watchdog system is a legacy mess, so probably be easier to just > > gut the whole thing. > > A agree that the naming is not ideal, but this isn't a good enough > argument for removing it. Apart from that, this feature is used in many > commercial systems... i didnt mean remove it and not provide equivalent functionality. there should be a single CONFIG_WATCHDOG and every different watchdog driver should have its own CONFIG_WATCHDOG_FOO define. -mike
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