Messages in this thread | | | Date | 5 Aug 2003 22:45:17 +0200 | Date | Tue, 5 Aug 2003 22:45:17 +0200 | From | Andi Kleen <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Export touch_nmi_watchdog |
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On Tue, Aug 05, 2003 at 01:25:09PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > 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?
Because they're a hard to ignore reality?
> > I say: > - either fix the driver
Would be quite a big project for the fusion driver. It's very big and complicated.
Of course I would like to fix it, but I see no chance at all to ever find enough time to do that properly.
> or > - disable the watchdog entirely.
That would be a pity because it is very useful to find other problems.
-Andi
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