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SubjectRe: [PATCH v3] watchdog/imx2+: add support for pretimeout interrupt functionality
Hi Wim,

unless there is another issue with this patch,
could You give an ack now?

thanks,
Oskar

On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 15:37:24 +0000, Oskar Schirmer wrote:
> This watchdog device provides pretimeout facilities:
> Set some timeout value and get informed about imminent
> watchdog activity thru interrupt.
>
> Allow user to wait for this asynchronous event thru poll(2),
> and to clear it implicitely upon dog appeasement.
>
> There is only one precedent in current kernel that implements
> watchdog pretimeout, ipmi_watchdog. It provides pretimeout
> event thru poll, and requires a read(2) call to clear it.
>
> However, as write(2) does calm the dog and so wind up the
> timer anyway, it is obvious to let poll(2) state writability
> where pretimeout has passed.
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