Re: [PATCH 7/8] staging/mei: AMT Watchdog

[Greg KH]

On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 03:53:01PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Wednesday 27 April 2011, Oren Weil wrote:
> > 
> > code that open connection and invoke
> > heartbeats to the AMT Watchdog client/feature, if exists
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Itzhak Tzeel-Krupp <itzhak.tzeel-krupp@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Oren Weil <oren.jer.weil@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> I still think this should be a regular watchdog driver using
> the drivers/watchdog user interface.

I agree, Oren, if you are going to insist on doing things this way, you
had better describe _why_ you are ignoring the existing kernel
interfaces provided.

thanks,

greg k-h
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