Re: [PATCH 2/2] xilinx: firmware: Add sysfs to get last reset reason

From: Arnd Bergmann
Date: Tue Nov 21 2023 - 07:31:02 EST


On Tue, Nov 21, 2023, at 12:20, Ronak Jain wrote:
> Add sysfs interface to get the last reset reason of the system from
> a user space.
>
> When the system reset happens whether intentionally or due to some
> errors, the firmware used to store the last reset reason and the same
> be queried by using the IOCTL API or the sysfs entry to know the
> reason behind the system reset and accordingly, the error can be
> diagnostic.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ronak Jain <ronak.jain@xxxxxxx>

I'm fairly sure we already have other interfaces to access
the reset reason, please see if you can either reuse one
of the existing ones, or come up with a generic one that
can be used by others as well.

Arnd