[WATCHDOG] Winbond SMsC37B787 watchdog driver

New watchdog driver for the Winbond SMsC37B787 chipset.

Signed-off-by: Sven Anders <anders@anduras.de>
Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>

diff --git a/drivers/char/watchdog/Kconfig b/drivers/char/watchdog/Kconfig
index 89e46d6..8d2ebc7 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/char/watchdog/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/char/watchdog/Kconfig
@@ -395,6 +395,26 @@ config CPU5_WDT
          To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
          module will be called cpu5wdt.
 
+config SMSC37B787_WDT
+       tristate "Winbond SMsC37B787 Watchdog Timer"
+       depends on WATCHDOG && X86
+       ---help---
+         This is the driver for the hardware watchdog component on the
+         Winbond SMsC37B787 chipset as used on the NetRunner Mainboard
+         from Vision Systems and maybe others.
+
+         This watchdog simply watches your kernel to make sure it doesn't
+         freeze, and if it does, it reboots your computer after a certain
+         amount of time.
+
+         Usually a userspace daemon will notify the kernel WDT driver that
+         userspace is still alive, at regular intervals.
+
+         To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
+         module will be called smsc37b787_wdt.
+
+         Most people will say N.
+
 config W83627HF_WDT
        tristate "W83627HF Watchdog Timer"
        depends on WATCHDOG && X86

diff --git a/drivers/char/watchdog/Makefile b/drivers/char/watchdog/Makefile
index 7f70aba..630526f 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/char/watchdog/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/char/watchdog/Makefile
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_SCx200_WDT) += scx200_wdt.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_60XX_WDT) += sbc60xxwdt.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SBC8360_WDT) += sbc8360.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CPU5_WDT) += cpu5wdt.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_SMSC37B787_WDT) += smsc37b787_wdt.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_W83627HF_WDT) += w83627hf_wdt.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_W83877F_WDT) += w83877f_wdt.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_W83977F_WDT) += w83977f_wdt.o

diff --cc drivers/char/watchdog/smsc37b787_wdt.c
Simple merge