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[Paolo Pisati <1384319@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

** Description changed:

  SRU Justification:
  
- Impact: the AMD Geode is an x86 SOC processor containing, among other things, an hardware watchdog but
+ Impact: the AMD Geode is a x86 SOC processor containing, among other things, an hardware watchdog but
  as it stands now, we don't compile the necessary code to support it in the Precise kernel.
  
  Fix: compile the GEODEWDT driver and the dependent timer code
  (CS5535_MFGPT).
  
  Testcase: install a kernel with the driver compiled as a module, load it
  and look for the presence of /dev/watchdog.
  
  ===

** Description changed:

  SRU Justification:
  
  Impact: the AMD Geode is a x86 SOC processor containing, among other things, an hardware watchdog but
  as it stands now, we don't compile the necessary code to support it in the Precise kernel.
  
- Fix: compile the GEODEWDT driver and the dependent timer code
- (CS5535_MFGPT).
+ Fix: compile the GEODEWDT driver and the timer code (CS5535_MFGPT).
  
  Testcase: install a kernel with the driver compiled as a module, load it
  and look for the presence of /dev/watchdog.
  
  ===

** Description changed:

  SRU Justification:
  
  Impact: the AMD Geode is a x86 SOC processor containing, among other things, an hardware watchdog but
  as it stands now, we don't compile the necessary code to support it in the Precise kernel.
  
  Fix: compile the GEODEWDT driver and the timer code (CS5535_MFGPT).
  
  Testcase: install a kernel with the driver compiled as a module, load it
  and look for the presence of /dev/watchdog.
  
+ 
+ sudo modprobe geodewdt
+ 
+ dmesg:
+ ...
+ [  344.011123] cs5535-mfgpt cs5535-mfgpt: registered timer 0
+ 
+ ls -la /dev/watchdog 
+ crw------- 1 root root 10, 130 Oct 22 17:54 /dev/watchdog
+ 
  ===

** Description changed:

  SRU Justification:
  
  Impact: the AMD Geode is a x86 SOC processor containing, among other things, an hardware watchdog but
  as it stands now, we don't compile the necessary code to support it in the Precise kernel.
  
  Fix: compile the GEODEWDT driver and the timer code (CS5535_MFGPT).
  
  Testcase: install a kernel with the driver compiled as a module, load it
- and look for the presence of /dev/watchdog.
- 
+ and look for the presence of /dev/watchdog:
  
  sudo modprobe geodewdt
  
  dmesg:
  ...
  [  344.011123] cs5535-mfgpt cs5535-mfgpt: registered timer 0
  
- ls -la /dev/watchdog 
+ ls -la /dev/watchdog
  crw------- 1 root root 10, 130 Oct 22 17:54 /dev/watchdog
  
  ===

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Title:
  missing support for Geode/CS5535 hardware watchdog

Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  SRU Justification:

  Impact: the AMD Geode is a x86 SOC processor containing, among other things, an hardware watchdog but
  as it stands now, we don't compile the necessary code to support it in the Precise kernel.

  Fix: compile the GEODEWDT driver and the timer code (CS5535_MFGPT).

  Testcase: install a kernel with the driver compiled as a module, load
  it and look for the presence of /dev/watchdog:

  sudo modprobe geodewdt

  dmesg:
  ...
  [  344.011123] cs5535-mfgpt cs5535-mfgpt: registered timer 0

  ls -la /dev/watchdog
  crw------- 1 root root 10, 130 Oct 22 17:54 /dev/watchdog

  ===

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