Re: [PATCH v5 1/8] watchdog: Introduce hardware maximum timeout in watchdog core

[Uwe Kleine-König]

Hello Guenter,

On Sun, Nov 22, 2015 at 07:20:58PM -0800, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> Introduce an optional hardware maximum timeout in the watchdog core.
> The hardware maximum timeout can be lower than the maximum timeout.
> 
> Drivers can set the maximum hardware timeout value in the watchdog data
> structure. If the configured timeout exceeds the maximum hardware timeout,
> the watchdog core enables a timer function to assist sending keepalive
> requests to the watchdog driver.
> 
> Cc: Timo Kokkonen <timo.kokkonen@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks
Uwe

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