[yocto] Halt problem

[Khem Raj]

On 1/16/18 2:46 AM, Ryan Meulenkamp wrote:
> 
> Hi Alan,
> 
> On 01/16/2018 08:48 AM, Alan Levy wrote:
>> Shutdown is supposed to terminate all processes/threads so it's
>> probably not about the watchdog daemon. It sounds more like the
>> classic distro was disabling the hardware watchdog during shutdown and
>> your new distro doesn't do that. Try comparing the kernel watchdog
>> drivers in the two distros because that's the most likely culprit.
> 
> I tried that, but I think the hardware watchdog can only be enabled on
> the at91sam9m10. I'll compare the drivers anyway.

are you upgrading kernel as well as part of this ? if yes then which
version and see how it handles watchdog. Secondly, perhaps record the
shutdown sequence. that might give you more insights.

> 
> Thanks, and with kind regards,
> 
> Ryan Meulenkamp