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[ts-7000] Re: Howto disable watchdog in 2.6 kernel

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Subject: [ts-7000] Re: Howto disable watchdog in 2.6 kernel
From: "j.chitte" <>
Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:36:51 -0000
--- In  Brian Smucker <> wrote:
>
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to get the 2.6.21-ts kernel working on a ts7260. 
> 
> Technologics verifies that although their 2.4 kernel turned off the 
> watchdog, their 2.6 kernel has no code to do so.  On a regular 
7260, 
> Redboot turns off the watchdog, but since we are fastbooting from 
flash 
> into an initial ramdisk, we have no Redboot to do that, so the 
watchdog 
> continues to reset the unit.
> 
> How should I disable this watchdog in kernel code, specifically in 
the 
> 2.6.21-ts version?
> Anyone run into this?
> 
> I have no experience in kernel or driver coding, but I did try 
lifting 
> the couple of lines of code that disabled the watchdog from the 2.4 
> version.  That did not work.  The kernel did not boot.
> 
> Can someone point me in the right direction?
> 
> Brian
>

I believe the TS watchdog was a patch added to std kernel. You should 
be able to find the patch and reverse it if you don't want a watchdog 
at all. 

I also seem to recall reading somewhere that the cirrus watchdog was 
fixed so the TS watchdog may not be needed any longer.

/js


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