On Mon, 19 Jan 2009, John Kasunich wrote: > Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:39:25 -0500 > From: John Kasunich <jmkasun...@fastmail.fm> > Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" > <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Mesa 5i23 and 7i37 I/O problem > > Peter C. Wallace wrote: > >> I think with the current driver, the watchdog cannot be disabled, probably a >> good thing... > > Seb and I were discussing that on IRC one evening. I think I convinced > him that it would be nice if the watchdog slept quietly without being > petted, until you "arm" it by setting timeout-ns to some non-zero value. > > Sometimes you just want to be able to test stuff - manually set a DAC > output to some voltage, then check with a voltmeter, or manually turn a > general purpose output on and off. Arming the watchdog as soon as the > driver loads makes that impossible. > > I don't know if that the driver has been changed to let the dog sleep, > and if so, whether that change is in the released 2.2.8, or only on CVS > trunk.
Sure, just documenting the existing behaviour (of 2.2.8 - what Donnie has) Theres no mention of watchdog disable in the manual in any case. Setting the timeout value to 0 gets a illegal timeout value error (at least with 2.2.8) > > Regards, > > John Kasunich > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net email is sponsored by: > SourcForge Community > SourceForge wants to tell your story. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > Peter Wallace Mesa Electronics (\__/) (='.'=) This is Bunny. Copy and paste bunny into your (")_(") signature to help him gain world domination. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
