Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 5 Aug 2003 13:25:09 -0700 (PDT) | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Export touch_nmi_watchdog |
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On 5 Aug 2003, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > > having a more generic/portable "trigger_watchdog" function would be > better then, such that ALL watchdogs, and not just the NMI one can hook > into this
Why are we working around broken drivers?
I say: - either fix the driver or - disable the watchdog entirely.
I don't see any point at all to touch_xxx_watchdog() from a driver.
Linus
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