[PATCH V3 01/14] watchdog/mpcore_wdt: Mark it as BROKEN

Viresh Kumar viresh.kumar at linaro.org
Wed Jun 19 04:15:12 EDT 2013


On 19 June 2013 13:26, Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier at arm.com> wrote:
> ARM11, A5 and A9 in their MP configurations only.
>
>> If no, then which ones are the real users of this driver/hardware?
>> If yes, Why isn't anybody using this?
>
> Because, as Russell mentioned, the piece of IP doesn't fit our watchdog
> model at all (per-CPU watchdog???), and most SoCs/boards have a separate
> watchdog anyway.

I believe we should use mpcore watchdogs. Atleast on the platforms I have
worked (SPEAr), they don't have an external watchdog.

But yes, this would require somebody, with a A5/9/ARM11 board, no
separate watchdog and a customer requirement, to work on it :)

I will get rid of it.

Thanks.



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