---

yaml
---
r: 220564
b: refs/heads/master
c: a422088
h: refs/heads/master
v: v3

[refs]

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: f0fc10745a48c766ea5d6d83a6a371a223986bb0
+refs/heads/master: a422088db21333ba02a0f4fe4f5abfb08c802d35

trunk/drivers/watchdog/it8712f_wdt.c

@@ -85,6 +85,14 @@ static unsigned short address;
 #define WDT_OUT_PWROK	0x10	/* Pulse PWROK on timeout */
 #define WDT_OUT_KRST	0x40	/* Pulse reset on timeout */
 
+static int wdt_control_reg = WDT_RESET_GAME;
+module_param(wdt_control_reg, int, 0);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(wdt_control_reg, "Value to write to watchdog control "
+		"register. The default WDT_RESET_GAME resets the timer on "
+		"game port reads that this driver generates. You can also "
+		"use KBD, MOUSE or CIR if you have some external way to "
+		"generate those interrupts.");
+
 static int superio_inb(int reg)
 {
 	outb(reg, REG);
@@ -131,7 +139,8 @@ static inline void superio_exit(void)
 
 static inline void it8712f_wdt_ping(void)
 {
-	inb(address);
+	if (wdt_control_reg & WDT_RESET_GAME)
+		inb(address);
 }
 
 static void it8712f_wdt_update_margin(void)
@@ -170,7 +179,7 @@ static void it8712f_wdt_enable(void)
 	superio_enter();
 	superio_select(LDN_GPIO);
 
-	superio_outb(WDT_RESET_GAME, WDT_CONTROL);
+	superio_outb(wdt_control_reg, WDT_CONTROL);
 
 	it8712f_wdt_update_margin();