Re: timer interrupt handler in blob

[Tim R. <Ti...@Ri...>]

agreed. watchdog off at boot. sw can turn it on. only a reset can turn
it off.

"J.D. Bakker" wrote:
> 
> At 14:55 +0200 17-04-2002, Abraham vd Merwe wrote:
> >  > crap watchdog hardware on the market. If you have an option to change
> >>  the hardware, consider using a better watchdog.
> >
> >Hehe, if you can convince me that it's not necessary I can change it, but
> >you still haven't convinced me that being able to disable a watchdog is a
> >good thing.
> 
> A sane watchdog is off after reset/power-on, and will only turn on at
> (the rising edge of) the first trigger pulse. If the system doesn't
> manage to produce the first trigger pulse, resetting the machine to
> run the exact same firmware usually makes little sense.
> 
> JDB.
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> nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
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