Messages in this thread | | | From | Arnd Bergmann <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 0/7] char/mei: Intel MEI Driver | Date | Tue, 22 Mar 2011 17:50:51 +0100 |
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On Tuesday 22 March 2011, Oren Weil wrote: > Module Parameters > ================= > watchdog_timeout - in order to change the watchdog timeout setting > the user can use this module parameter. > this value set the Intel AMT watchdog timeout interval in seconds, > the default value is 120sec. > to disable the watchdog set the value 0. > > The AMT watchdog is used for monitoring the OS health. > > Note: We are aware that this code is not in its best shape > we are working to make it better and we will appreciate any feedbacks > and reviews that you can give to improve it.
I suppose one of the important things to do here is integrate the watchdog part into the common watchdog infrastructure in drivers/watchdog. Maybe this driver can export a simple interface to another module that implements the watchdog device?
Arnd
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