[U-Boot] [PATCH 2/2] at91sam9263ek: active watchdog support via at91sam9263ek_wdt_config

Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD plagnioj at jcrosoft.com
Mon Jun 15 14:44:22 CEST 2009


On 12:38 Mon 15 Jun     , Giulio Benetti wrote:
> Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD wrote:
> 
> > On 12:52 Sat 13 Jun     , Giulio Benetti wrote:
> >> In this way the linux driver won't work(the one by Renaud CERRATO).
> >> Because it expects MR register not to be set, or to be set enabled.
> > it's work we have test it
> > you need to enable it in the at91bootstrap or in your lowlevel board
> > config
> >> 
> >> After I don't agree refreshing watchdog inside atmel_usart.c
> > you MUST do it otherwise you board will be not usable at all
> > simple exammple
> > you stop the boot and get a prompt if you do not type any command you
> > reboot it's not what we expect
> >> If u-boot hangs there instead of execute bootcmd, then the machine lies
> >> there forever.
> >> In my opinion we should put WATCHDOG_RESET() inside main_loop and nand
> >> write and read.
> >> What do you think?
> > NACK for the main_loop
> > 
> > nand read write ok
> > 
> > but if we excecute the bootcmd we have finished and jump to the os
> > so it's over for u-boot
> > 
> > the OS will have to care about the watchdog
> > 
> > Best Regards,
> > J.
> 
> Agree with you.
> But you have to delete hw_watchdog_init().
> If you set there MR then linux won't be able to do it.
> The patch needs only the WATCHDOG_RESET() and nothing more.
you need to update linux, the watchdog can be enable in u-boot
but as it can only be disable once if u-boot or any other bootloader init
we can not disable it
so in this case linux will just have to buy time to the watchdog

Best Regards,
J.


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