watchdog: add support for the Synopsys DesignWare WDT

The Synopsys DesignWare watchdog is found in several ARM based systems and provides a choice of 16 timeout periods depending on the clock input. The watchdog cannot be disabled once started. Signed-off-by: Jamie Iles <jamie@jamieiles.com> Acked-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@st.com> Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>
git-mirror · Jul 22, 2011 · c9353ae · c9353ae
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diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig b/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
@@ -186,6 +186,15 @@ config SA1100_WATCHDOG
 	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
 	  module will be called sa1100_wdt.
 
+config DW_WATCHDOG
+	tristate "Synopsys DesignWare watchdog"
+	depends on ARM && HAVE_CLK
+	help
+	  Say Y here if to include support for the Synopsys DesignWare
+	  watchdog timer found in many ARM chips.
+	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
+	  module will be called dw_wdt.
+
 config MPCORE_WATCHDOG
 	tristate "MPcore watchdog"
 	depends on HAVE_ARM_TWD

diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/Makefile b/drivers/watchdog/Makefile
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_IXP4XX_WATCHDOG) += ixp4xx_wdt.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_KS8695_WATCHDOG) += ks8695_wdt.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_S3C2410_WATCHDOG) += s3c2410_wdt.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SA1100_WATCHDOG) += sa1100_wdt.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_DW_WATCHDOG) += dw_wdt.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MPCORE_WATCHDOG) += mpcore_wdt.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_EP93XX_WATCHDOG) += ep93xx_wdt.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PNX4008_WATCHDOG) += pnx4008_wdt.o