On Fri, May 03, 2013 at 10:33:13AM +0200, Dirk Eibach wrote:
> Hi Guenter,
> 
> >>>>diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig b/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
> >>>>index e89fc31..6048593 100644
> >>>>--- a/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
> >>>>+++ b/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
> >>>>@@ -1172,6 +1172,38 @@ config BOOKE_WDT_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT
> >>>>
> >>>>    The value can be overridden by the wdt_period command-line
> >>>>parameter.
> >>>>
> >>>>+choice
> >>>>+ prompt "PowerPC Book-E Watchdog reset type"
> >>>>+ depends on BOOKE_WDT
> >>>>+ default BOOKE_WDT_RESET_CHIP
> >>>>+ help
> >>>>+   Specify what kind of reset will be executed on watchdog
> >>>>timeout.
> >>>>+
> >>>Seems to me it would be much better to make this configurable via
> >>>platform data
> >>>and/or device tree.
> >>
> >>good catch. What do the device-tree gurus think to be a nice
> >>property name?
> 
> having a closer look, I realized booke_wdt is not device-tree based
> yet. Migrating it would come close to a rewrite, breaking
> compatibility for all current users. Sorry, this is way beyond the

Really ? I don't think making it a platform driver would be that hard,
or break anything.

> time I have for this project. So I suggest merging the change the
> way it is, as it is clearly an improvement.
> 
That will be up to Wim to decide.

Thanks,
Guenter
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