[PATCH 1/2] timer: tegra: Bind watchdog driver when timer node is processed

[Łukasz Majewski]

Hi Francesco,

> On Wed, Sep 10, 2025 at 02:28:21PM +0200, Łukasz Majewski wrote:
> > Hi Francesco,
> >   
> > > Hello,
> > > 
> > > On Tue, Sep 09, 2025 at 07:08:34PM +0300, Svyatoslav Ryhel wrote:
> > >  
> > > > вт, 9 вер. 2025 р. о 18:47 Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com> пише:
> > > >   
> > > > >    
> > > > ...    
> > > > > It's a devkit where I'm pretty sure the watchdog exists, so
> > > > > we can enable it there and be done. Just because it doesn't
> > > > > use it today doesn't mean it can't use it in the future if we
> > > > > enable it, the "use watchdog to make sure A/B system
> > > > > configures are stable" is a common use case.    
> > > ...  
> > > > Not sure if changes into colibri_t30_defconfig are needed, but
> > > > if Francesco would like them, then ok.    
> > > 
> > > I would prefer the defconfig not to be touched.
> > >   
> > 
> > I'm still puzzled why this cannot be changed?  
> 
> In general I like the idea of the watchdog driver to be enabled by
> default on the defconfig. This is the sane thing to do in a lot of
> situation.
> 
> Enabling it however complicates some use cases, attaching a debugger,
> or maybe we have a situation in which the OS is currently not keeping
> the WD alive, therefore you would be potentially in trouble if you
> would update the bootloader.
> 
> I am not familiar with the general colibri t30 user base to be enough
> confident this change will be fine, so this is the reason I am a
> little hesitant to change for such an old product.
>  
> With that said, I am ok to change it, no strong arguments against.
> 

Ok, so I will prepare patch modifying colibri_t30_defconfig after the
WDT supporting patches are accepted.

> Francesco
> 
> 



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Lukasz Majewski

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