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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH, resend] Xen watchdog driver

To: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH, resend] Xen watchdog driver
From: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 21:08:37 +0100
Cc: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxx>, "xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, linux-watchdog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Jan Beulich <JBeulich@xxxxxxxxxx>, Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Hi All,

> On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 03:42:48PM +0000, Jan Beulich wrote:
> > While the hypervisor change adding SCHEDOP_watchdog support included a
> > daemon to make use of the new functionality, having a kernel driver
> > for /dev/watchdog so that user space code doesn't need to distinguish
> > non-Xen and Xen seems to be preferable.
> 
> Hey Andrew,
> I was wondering if you could help us out. Jan posted this patch
> way back in Sep, then again in Oct on the xen-watchdog mailing list
> with with no responses except Ian's Ack and my Reviewed-by. Would you
> be OK taking this patch under your wing or do you think I ought to
> send a git pull to Linus during the 2.6.39 merge window directly?
I
'm completing review of 2 other drivers first.
Then I will review this one and add it to linux-2.5-watchdog-next for broader 
testing.

Kind regards,
Wim.


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