Linux Watchdog driver development
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
* [PATCH 0/1] hwmon/sch56xx: Add support for the integrated watchdog
@ 2012-03-17  9:40 Hans de Goede
  2012-03-17  9:40 ` [PATCH] " Hans de Goede
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: Hans de Goede @ 2012-03-17  9:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: LM Sensors; +Cc: linux-watchdog, Thilo Cestonaro

Hi All,

The single patch in this series adds support for the watchdog integrated into
the SMSC SCH5627 and SCH5636 superio-s. Since the watchdog is part of the
hwmon logical device and thus shares ioports with it, the watchdog driver is
integrated into the existing hwmon drivers for these.

As such I think it is best if this patch gets merged through the hwmon tree.

Note that this version of the watchdog support for sch56xx superio-s
implements the watchdog chardev interface itself, rather then relying on
the recently added watchdog core / watchdog_dev. The code for this was
lifted (almosy) 1 on 1 from the fschmd which has a watchdog driver integrated
in a similar fashion.

This is done because currently some needed functionality is missing from
watchdog_dev, as soon as this functionality is added (which is being discussed
on the linux-watchdog mailinglist), I'll convert this driver over to using
watchdog_dev.

Regards,

Hans

^ permalink raw reply	[flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread

end of thread, other threads:[~2012-03-18 12:16 UTC | newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages (download: mbox.gz follow: Atom feed
-- links below jump to the message on this page --
2012-03-17  9:40 [PATCH 0/1] hwmon/sch56xx: Add support for the integrated watchdog Hans de Goede
2012-03-17  9:40 ` [PATCH] " Hans de Goede
2012-03-17 18:58   ` [lm-sensors] " Guenter Roeck
2012-03-18 12:03     ` Hans de Goede
2012-03-18 12:14       ` Guenter Roeck

This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox