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| author | Rasmus Villemoes <rasmus.villemoes@prevas.dk> | 2021-04-14 09:18:22 +0200 |
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| committer | Stefan Roese <sr@denx.de> | 2021-04-27 08:28:07 +0200 |
| commit | 933ada560b678726835566fbff8a044fa9800175 (patch) | |
| tree | 0fbfcea7cb96a5274b8af5556f17f048ccb77e87 /README | |
| parent | 2156016294c7cb005bba3d8b7c7f13bc09d7824c (diff) | |
| download | u-boot-933ada560b678726835566fbff8a044fa9800175.tar.gz | |
allow opting out of WATCHDOG_RESET() from timer interrupt
Having WATCHDOG_RESET() called automatically from the timer interrupt
runs counter to the idea of a watchdog device - if the board runs into
an infinite loops with interrupts still enabled, the watchdog will
never fire.
When using CONFIG_(SPL_)WDT, the watchdog_reset function is a lot more
complicated than just poking a few SOC-specific registers - it
involves accessing all kinds of global data, and if the interrupt
happens at the wrong time (say, in the middle of an WATCHDOG_RESET()
call from ordinary code), that can end up corrupting said global data.
Allow the board to opt out of calling WATCHDOG_RESET() from the timer
interrupt handler by setting CONFIG_SYS_WATCHDOG_FREQ to 0 - as that
setting is currently nonsensical (it would be compile-time
divide-by-zero), it cannot affect any existing boards.
Add documentation for both the existing and extended meaning of
CONFIG_SYS_WATCHDOG_FREQ.
Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <rasmus.villemoes@prevas.dk>
Diffstat (limited to 'README')
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@@ -747,6 +747,15 @@ The following options need to be configured: SoC, then define this variable and provide board specific code for the "hw_watchdog_reset" function. + CONFIG_SYS_WATCHDOG_FREQ + Some platforms automatically call WATCHDOG_RESET() + from the timer interrupt handler every + CONFIG_SYS_WATCHDOG_FREQ interrupts. If not set by the + board configuration file, a default of CONFIG_SYS_HZ/2 + (i.e. 500) is used. Setting CONFIG_SYS_WATCHDOG_FREQ + to 0 disables calling WATCHDOG_RESET() from the timer + interrupt. + - Real-Time Clock: When CONFIG_CMD_DATE is selected, the type of the RTC |