Hi Grant:

Am 10.11.09 20:59 schrieb(en) Grant Likely:

On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 12:43 PM, Albrecht Dreß [off-list ref] wrote:

quoted

Use the MPC5200 GPT api for the WDT which drastically simplifies this file.

Signed-off-by: Albrecht Dreß <redacted>
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 drivers/watchdog/mpc5200_wdt.c |  246 +++++++++++-----------------------------
 1 files changed, 65 insertions(+), 181 deletions(-)

Can the WDT functionality just be merged entirely into
arch/powerpc/platforms/52xx/mpc52xx_gpt.c, eliminating the need for
this file entirely?  I think I'd rather have all the GPT "built in"
behaviour handled by a single driver.

I also thought about it, as it has IMHO the cleaner code, and it would have the extra benefit that the gpt-wdt api doesn't need to be public.

However, the reasons I hesitated to do so are:
- I don't want to remove a file someone else wrote (even it doesn't work);
- WDT code is shifted from drivers/watchdog to arch/powerpc/platforms/52xx which might not be the "logical" place from the directory layout's pov;
- a file living in arch/powerpc/platforms/52xx depends upon config options set from drivers/watchdog/Kconfig which may be confusing.

You see these are more political/cosmetical questions, so I would prefer to leave the decision to the maintainers (i.e. you and Wim).  Preparing a fully merged driver is actually a matter of minutes!

Thanks,
Albrecht.