Re: [PATCH] Refine hpwdt message for UV platform

[Guenter Roeck]

On 3/16/26 14:45, Steve Wahl wrote:
> The watchdog hardware the hpwdt driver uses was added to the UV
> platform for UV5, but the logging mentioned by this driver was not
> added to the BIOS.  When the watchdog fires, the printed message had
> the administrators and developers looking for non-existent log files,
> and confused about whether a watchdog actually tripped.
>
> Change the message that prints on UV platforms so it doesn't send the
> user looking for non-existent logs.
>
> To aid in any future debugging, include all 8 bits of the NMISTAT
> register in the output, not just the two bits being used to determine
> this was "mynmi".  And provide names to the bits in NMISTAT so the
> code is easier to understand.
>
> Signed-off-by: Steve Wahl <steve.wahl@xxxxxxx>

The subject should start with "watchdog:". I almost missed this patch.

Guenter