[PATCH 6/8] watchdog: st_wdt: Add new driver for ST's LPC Watchdog

[lee.jones@linaro.org (Lee Jones)]

On Thu, 18 Dec 2014, Guenter Roeck wrote:

> On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 08:26:52AM +0000, Lee Jones wrote:
> > On Wed, 17 Dec 2014, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> > > On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 04:45:25PM +0000, Lee Jones wrote:
> > > > Signed-off-by: David Paris <david.paris@st.com>
> > > > Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org>
> > > 
> > > Hi Lee and David,
> > > 
> > > I still have a couple of comments below. Sorry I didn't catch those earlier.
> > > 
> > > Thanks,
> > > Guenter
> > > 
> > > > ---
> > > >  drivers/watchdog/Kconfig  |  13 ++
> > > >  drivers/watchdog/Makefile |   1 +
> > > >  drivers/watchdog/st_wdt.c | 323 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > > >  3 files changed, 337 insertions(+)
> > > >  create mode 100644 drivers/watchdog/st_wdt.c
> > 
> > Chopping all the crud.
> > 
> > [...]
> > 
> > > > +static struct of_device_id st_wdog_match[] = {
> > > > +	{
> > > > +		.compatible = "st,stih407-lpc",
> > > > +		.data = (void *)&stih407_syscfg,
> > > 
> > > Nitpick: typecast to and from void * is not necessary.
> > 
> > Actually that's not true, but it is superfluous in this case.
> > 
> Point taken. Would you agree to a more detailed "typecasting a pointer
> to and from void * is not necessary" ?

Sure, why not? ;)

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