Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | From | Joel Stanley <> | Date | Wed, 20 Sep 2017 15:43:41 +0930 | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2 4/4] watchdog: aspeed: Move init to arch_initcall |
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On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 3:00 PM, Andrew Jeffery <andrew@aj.id.au> wrote: > Probing at device_initcall time lead to perverse cases where the > watchdog was probed after, say, I2C devices, which then leaves a > potentially running watchdog at the mercy of I2C device behaviour and > bus conditions. > > Load the watchdog driver early to ensure that the kernel is patting it > well before initialising peripherals. > > Signed-off-by: Andrew Jeffery <andrew@aj.id.au>
I agree that we need to make sure the watchdog driver is loaded earlier. I think this is the correct method, but I'll defer to Guenter on this one.
Cheers,
Joel
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