Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFCv2] [POWERPC] Add support for freescale watchdog to CPM serial driver.

From: Jochen Friedrich <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 19:47:43 +0100

Hi Alan,

>> If a freescale watchdog device node is present, reset the watchdog
>> while waiting for serial input.
> 
> Why ? We normally rely on user space for watchdog management as only the
> fact user space is behaving really proves a box is happy ?

This is in the boot wrapper code, not in the linux kernel.

Thanks,
Jochen