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authorGuenter Roeck2013-08-17 22:58:43 +0200
committerWim Van Sebroeck2014-01-28 21:35:30 +0100
commit962c04f54e4a3c322d19b47256f9aec0b9c8124e (patch)
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parentwatchdog: at91sam9_wdt: increase security margin on watchdog counter reset (diff)
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watchdog: w83627hf: Auto-detect IO address and supported chips
Instead of requiring the user to provide an IO address per module parameter, auto-detect it as well as supported chips. Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>
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1 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig b/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
index 3fc5158ffecf..4fa8428612b2 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
@@ -892,13 +892,20 @@ config VIA_WDT
Most people will say N.
config W83627HF_WDT
- tristate "W83627HF/W83627DHG Watchdog Timer"
+ tristate "Watchdog timer for W83627HF/W83627DHG and compatibles"
depends on X86
select WATCHDOG_CORE
---help---
- This is the driver for the hardware watchdog on the W83627HF chipset
- as used in Advantech PC-9578 and Tyan S2721-533 motherboards
- (and likely others). The driver also supports the W83627DHG chip.
+ This is the driver for the hardware watchdog on the following
+ Super I/O chips.
+ W83627DHG/DHG-P/EHF/EHG/F/G/HF/S/SF/THF/UHG/UG
+ W83637HF
+ W83667HG/HG-B
+ W83687THF
+ NCT6775
+ NCT6776
+ NCT6779
+
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.