[systemd-devel] octeon_wdt: WDT device closed unexpectedly

[Aaro Koskinen]

On Fri, Jan 15, 2016 at 02:24:22PM +0100, Lennart Poettering wrote:
> Some watchdog kernel drivers consider it a problem if we first set up
> the watchdog, and then close the device, and warn about it. However,
> this is really intended here, and actually explicit part of the kernel
> watchdog interface (they have a "magic close logic" to deal with this
> case).
> 
> Anyway, long story short: your kernel watchdog driver shouldn't warn
> about this. It's mostly just a cosmetic problem, and you may usually
> just ignore it.

Upgrading the kernel should fix it. The OCTEON watchdog driver in the
current mainline kernel is using generic watchdog core and should behave
correctly.

A.