It is not a new issue.
Just tested http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.3-rc4-precise/ and it is still ignoring the watchdog daemon.
Looking at
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/v3.3-rc4/drivers/watchdog/it87_wdt.c#L240
could give the answer: LSB (73h) gets updated before MSB (74h), and that is the exact opposite of what ITE is telling.
It is not a new issue.
Just tested http:// kernel. ubuntu. com/~kernel- ppa/mainline/ v3.3-rc4- precise/ and it is still ignoring the watchdog daemon.
Looking at
https:/ /github. com/torvalds/ linux/blob/ v3.3-rc4/ drivers/ watchdog/ it87_wdt. c#L240
could give the answer: LSB (73h) gets updated before MSB (74h), and that is the exact opposite of what ITE is telling.