Re: 2.0.36pre15 watchdog problem

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Sun, 1 Nov 1998 03:08:54 +0000 (GMT)


> I have been trying to get our Watchdog cards to work for awhile. After
> conducting a fair amount of testing, this is what I found:
> The card works as a module under 2.1.126 and 2.0.36pre15
> The card works built in with 2.1.126 but does not work if built into
> 2.0.36pre15. All the test where done with the same config files (for the
> correct kernel version (expect loadable modules and wdt as a module was
> tunred on in the modulized version))
>
> I need to have the watchdog card run under 2.0.36 so 2.1 is not an
> option but I thought it might help get a handle in what is going. Has
> anyone seen this? Is there a fix? Or test I can run that will help people
> understand what is going on?

If this is the WDT500/501 card then build the thing as a module, theres
a bug in the non modular init for some driver combinations that means
the driver doesnt get installed

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