---

yaml
---
r: 103179
b: refs/heads/master
c: 9b839a7
h: refs/heads/master
i:
  103177: eb85bbc
  103175: b222a0f
v: v3

[refs]

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 9ae705cfd390f9077eec856ea4dff374d166de33
+refs/heads/master: 9b839a7453dc7a25dbd367486017648182df541f

trunk/drivers/net/wireless/b43/b43.h

@@ -441,6 +441,8 @@ enum {
 #define B43_FWPANIC_DIE			0 /* Firmware died. Don't auto-restart it. */
 #define B43_FWPANIC_RESTART		1 /* Firmware died. Schedule a controller reset. */
 
+/* The firmware register that contains the watchdog counter. */
+#define B43_WATCHDOG_REG		1
 
 /* Device specific rate values.
  * The actual values defined here are (rate_in_mbps * 2).

trunk/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c

@@ -2807,6 +2807,21 @@ static void b43_periodic_every30sec(struct b43_wldev *dev)
 static void b43_periodic_every15sec(struct b43_wldev *dev)
 {
 	struct b43_phy *phy = &dev->phy;
+	u16 wdr;
+
+	if (dev->fw.opensource) {
+		/* Check if the firmware is still alive.
+		 * It will reset the watchdog counter to 0 in its idle loop. */
+		wdr = b43_shm_read16(dev, B43_SHM_SCRATCH, B43_WATCHDOG_REG);
+		if (unlikely(wdr)) {
+			b43err(dev->wl, "Firmware watchdog: The firmware died!\n");
+			b43_controller_restart(dev, "Firmware watchdog");
+			return;
+		} else {
+			b43_shm_write16(dev, B43_SHM_SCRATCH,
+					B43_WATCHDOG_REG, 1);
+		}
+	}
 
 	if (phy->type == B43_PHYTYPE_G) {
 		//TODO: update_aci_moving_average