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[Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH -v3 -resend] watchdog, SP5100: Check if firmware

To: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH -v3 -resend] watchdog, SP5100: Check if firmware has set correct value in tcobase.
From: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 09:31:20 +0100
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Hi Yinghai,

> Stefano found SP5100 TCO watchdog driver using wrong address.
>
> [    9.148536] SP5100 TCO timer: SP5100 TCO WatchDog Timer Driver v0.01
> [    9.148628] DEBUG __ioremap_caller WARNING address=b8fe00 size=8 valid=1 
> reserved=1
>
> and e820 said that range is RAM.
>
> We should check if we can use that reading out. BIOS could just program wrong 
> address there.
>
> -v2: Mike pointed out one path need one release.
> -v3: corrected logic checking with request_mem_region_exclusive()
>      Found by Konrad.
>
>
> Reported-by: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by:Yinghai Lu <yinghai@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Mike Waychison <mikew@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>

This patch is in linux-2.6-watchdog-next for a week now. Will go upstream to 
linus.

Kind regards,
Wim.


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