Greg, Sorry for the typo error, what I meant was if for some reason the hardware timers used for system time keeping stops, then we can make use of the watchdogs to reset the system in that scenario. As Mike mentioned it can also be used even to catch lockups and trigger reset (watchdog h/w can be configured to reset the core processor) or a recovery through a defined mechanism that can started in watchdog interrupt handler (watchdog h/w can be configured to generate interrupts).
On May 4, 10:18 pm, Greg KH <gre...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 9:55 AM, Sudeep K N > > <sudeepholla.maill...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> Why is this a requirement for you to do, if you do not even know > >> if it is necessary? > > > This is just my understanding, if more some reason the hardware timers > > used for system time keeping stops, can't we use the watchdogs to > > reset the system? > > Your question does not make sense, care to rephrase it? > > thanks, > > greg k-h > > -- > unsubscribe: android-kernel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > website:http://groups.google.com/group/android-kernel -- unsubscribe: android-kernel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com website: http://groups.google.com/group/android-kernel
