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From: Jochen Friedrich <jochen@scram.de>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFCv2] [POWERPC] Add support for freescale watchdog to
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Hi Alan,

>> If a freescale watchdog device node is present, reset the watchdog
>> while waiting for serial input.
> 
> Why ? We normally rely on user space for watchdog management as only the
> fact user space is behaving really proves a box is happy ?

This is in the boot wrapper code, not in the linux kernel.

Thanks,
Jochen