[PATCH 0/4] reboot SiFive Unmatched via PMIC

[Nikita Shubin]

Hello Heinrich,

On Sat, 25 Sep 2021 10:11:29 +0200
Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt at canonical.com> wrote:

> At some point we will have to decide on a configuration system to
> enable only those drivers that are needed for the current hardware. 
> Unfortunately we cannot reuse Linux Kconfig as our license is BSD-2.
> 

Actually KConfig license does not apply to the code it is building and
configuring. 


> Currently if a reset driver fails it simply ends up hanging in an 
> endless loop.
> 
> The SiFive Unmatched will use GPIO for poweroff and I2C for reset.
> 
> We need the ability to iterate through multiple reset drivers. If 
> resetting is not possible, we should return to the caller with an
> error code.

How it is supposed to return to Linux kernel reset handler for example
and for what ? Could you please explain in detail ?

Yours,
Nikita Shubin