Re: [PATCH] ppc32: Added support for the Book-E style Watchdog Timer

[Kumar Gala <kumar.gala@freescale.com>]

On Aug 9, 2005, at 5:01 PM, Andrew Morton wrote:

> Kumar Gala <galak@freescale.com> wrote:
>
> > PowerPC 40x and Book-E processors support a watchdog timer at the
> processor
>
> > core level.  The timer has implementation dependent timeout
> frequencies
>
> > that can be configured by software.
> >
> > One the first Watchdog timeout we get a critical exception.  It is
> left
>
> > to board specific code to determine what should happen at this point.
> If
>
> > nothing is done and another timeout period expires the processor may
> > attempt to reset the machine.
> >
> > Command line parameters:
> >   wdt=0 : disable watchdog (default)
> >   wdt=1 : enable watchdog
> >
> >   wdt_period=N : N sets the value of the Watchdog Timer Period.
> >
> >   The Watchdog Timer Period meaning is implementation specific. Check
> >   User Manual for the processor for more details.
> >
> > This patch is based off of work done by Takeharu Kato.
> >
> > ...
> >
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_BOOKE_WDT
> > +/* Checks wdt=x and wdt_period=xx command-line option */
> > +int __init early_parse_wdt(char *p)
> > +{
> > +    extern u32 wdt_enable;
> > +
> > +    if (p && strncmp(p, "0", 1) != 0)
> > +           wdt_enable = 1;
> > +
> > +    return 0;
> > +}
> > +early_param("wdt", early_parse_wdt);
> > +
> > +int __init early_parse_wdt_period (char *p)
> > +{
> > +    extern u32 wdt_period;
> > +
> > +    if (p)
> > +        wdt_period = simple_strtoul(p, NULL, 0);
> > +
> > +    return 0;
> > +}
>
>
> Would prefer to see the declaration of wdt_period in a header file,
> please.
>
> But beware that wdt_enable() is already a static symbol in a couple of
> watchdog drivers.  It might be best to rename the ppc global to
> something
> less generic-sounding while you're there.

Ok, will make these changes and send an updated patch.

- kumar

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