[PATCH v2] startup: inhibit watchdogs on non-interactive autoboot abort

[Ahmad Fatoum]

Hello Sascha,

On 6/23/20 10:23 AM, Sascha Hauer wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 22, 2020 at 05:15:25PM +0200, Ahmad Fatoum wrote:
>> nv.autoboot=abort has been added as development aid to have barebox stop
>> at the shell prompt automatically. It makes sense to inhibit all watchdogs
>> in this mode, so the user can later use the shell in peace.
> 
> As a person who is frequently annoyed by watchdogs I really like this
> change.

:]

> We could add a new option to the wd command to call
> watchdog_inhibit_all() for the case when the autoboot timeout has been
> interrupted by the user.
> 
> Anyway, this could be done as a separate patch.

I thought about having $global.autoboot_watchdog_inhibit_abort={nv,all},
but didn't go through with it because I couldn't find a name I like.

Is this what you are suggesting, but with wd setting an internal parameter
instead?

Cheers,
Ahmad

> 
> Applied, thanks
> 
> Sascha
> 

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