Re: [PATCH v4 0/2] Add the NXP S32 Watchdog

[Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org>]

On 4/10/25 10:26, Daniel Lezcano wrote:
> The NXP S32 watchdog, referenced in the documentation as the Software
> Watchdog Timer is actually a hardware watchdog. The system has one
> watchdog per core but an assertation does not directly reset the
> system as this behavior relies on a particular setup and another
> component which is not part of these changes. However the first
> watchdog on the system, tied with the Cortex-M4 #0 is a particular
> case where it will reset the system directly. This is enough for the
> watchdog purpose on Linux.
> 
> The watchdog relies on the default timeout described in the device
> tree but if another timeout is needed at boot time, it can be changed
> with the module parameter.
> 
> If the kernel has to service the watchdog in place of the userspace,
> it can specify the 'early-enable' option at boot time.
> 
> And finally, if starting the watchdog has no wayback then the option
> 'nowayout' can be also specified in the boot option.
> 
> Changelog:
> 
>   - v4:
>      - Update the watchdog timeout when the callback is called (Alexandru-Catalin Ionita)
>      - Fix the clocks bindings to have all the clocks described (Krzysztof Kozlowski)
> 
>   - v3:
>      - Add the clocks for the module and the register (Ghennadi Procopciuc)
>      - Use the clock name from the driver
>      - Removed Review-by tag from Krzysztof Kozlowski as the bindings changed
> 
>   - v2:
>      - Removed debugfs code as considered pointless for a such simple
>        driver (Arnd Bergmann)
>      - Replaced __raw_readl / __raw_writel by readl and writel (Arnd Bergmann)
>      - Reordered alphabetically the headers (Guenter Roeck)
>      - Enclosed macro parameter into parenthesis (Guenter Roeck)
>      - Fixed checkpatch reported errors (Guenter Roeck)
>      - Clarified a ping on a stopped timer does not affect it (Guenter Roeck)
>      - Used wdt_is_running() to save an extra IO (Guenter Roeck)
>      - Fixed a misleading comment about starting the watchdog at boot time (Guenter Roeck)
>      - Replaced allocation size sizeof(struct ...) by sizeof(*var) (Krzysztof Kozlowski)
>      - Drop old way of describing the module and use table module device (Krzysztof Kozlowski)
>      - Replaced additionalProperties by unevaluatedProperties (Rob Herring)
>      - Removed the DT bindings description as it is obvious (Ghennadi Procopciuc)
>      - Fixed DT bindings compatible string (Krzysztof Kozlowski)
> 
>   - v1: initial posting
> 
> Daniel Lezcano (2):
>    dt-bindings: watchdog: Add NXP Software Watchdog Timer
>    watchdog: Add the Watchdog Timer for the NXP S32 platform
> 
>   .../bindings/watchdog/nxp,s32g2-swt.yaml      |  54 +++
>   drivers/watchdog/Kconfig                      |   9 +
>   drivers/watchdog/Makefile                     |   1 +
>   drivers/watchdog/s32g_wdt.c                   | 315 ++++++++++++++++++
>   4 files changed, 379 insertions(+)
>   create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/nxp,s32g2-swt.yaml
>   create mode 100644 drivers/watchdog/s32g_wdt.c

Hi,

Gentle ping, we are close to the merge window.

Thanks!

   -- Daniel


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