Re: [U-Boot] [PATCH] to correct Issue with PowerPc implementation of resetting the watchdog in the decrementer exception handler

2012-02-14 Thread Wolfgang Denk
Dear Eric, please don't top-post / full quote! In message you wrote: > > Sorry about not being clear in my earlier message. Let me attempt to point > out why I think the current code is incorrect. > > From a systems point of view watchdog is used to protect against a system > becoming hung b

[U-Boot] [PATCH] to correct Issue with PowerPc implementation of resetting the watchdog in the decrementer exception handler

2012-02-13 Thread Eric Olsen
Wolfgang, Sorry about not being clear in my earlier message. Let me attempt to point out why I think the current code is incorrect. >From a systems point of view watchdog is used to protect against a system becoming hung by bad code or corrupted memory or files. By automatically feeding them th