Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 25 Feb 2002 22:01:47 +0100 (CET) | From | Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk <> | Subject | Re: [DRIVER][RFC] SC1200 Watchdog driver |
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> > Will this driver shut off the watchdog when /dev/watchdog is closed, or > > does it require an explicit shutdown message like Jakob Oestergaard's > > sbc60xxwdt driver? > > Depends on wether CONFIG_WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT is specified.
problem is - I want to be able to explicitly close it, like Jakob's variant is. Isn't this a functionality everyone would like?
Think about it - like - if a server of some reason uses long time to umount its filesystems. Would it be a good thing if the server just reboots in the middle of a umount? I think not. I beleive Jakob's solution is quite a bit better, and it shouldn't be _too_ hard to add those extra lines of code.
Btw: I'm implementing Jakob's way on the softdog ... patch coming later
roy
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