Subject: Re: [PATCH] watchdog: mpc8xxx_wdt: MPC8xx is HW enabled

From: Guenter Roeck <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 01 Dec 2013 11:43:14 -0800

On 11/30/2013 07:45 AM, Christophe Leroy wrote:
> MPC8xx watchdog is enabled at startup by HW.
> If the bootloader disables it, it cannot be reenabled.
>

Is that true for all variants of 8xx, especially for 823 ? I am a bit concerned
about breaking compatibility with some chips ... assuming there was a reason
for not setting this flag originally.

Thanks,
Guenter

> Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <[email-masked]>
>
> diff -ur a/drivers/watchdog/mpc8xxx_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/mpc8xxx_wdt.c
> --- a/drivers/watchdog/mpc8xxx_wdt.c	2013-05-11 22:57:46.000000000 +0200
> +++ b/drivers/watchdog/mpc8xxx_wdt.c	2013-08-08 02:12:15.000000000 +0200
> @@ -273,6 +310,7 @@
>   		.compatible = "fsl,mpc823-wdt",
>   		.data = &(struct mpc8xxx_wdt_type) {
>   			.prescaler = 0x800,
> +			.hw_enabled = true,
>   		},
>   	},
>   	{},
>
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