[PATCH 4/5] watchdog: Add Hexagon EFI watchdog driver

Marco Felsch m.felsch at pengutronix.de
Fri Feb 6 08:34:38 PST 2026


On 26-02-06, Ahmad Fatoum wrote:
> 
> 
> On 2/5/26 4:45 PM, Marco Felsch wrote:
> > The EFI system co-processor implements a watchdog device which must be
> > pinged to inform the MCU that the system is up and running.
> > 
> > Normaly the ping is done by Linux but sometimes it can become necessary
> > to do it within barebox too, e.g. to allow barebox debugging and
> > development.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Marco Felsch <m.felsch at pengutronix.de>
> > ---
> >  drivers/watchdog/Kconfig       |  9 +++++
> >  drivers/watchdog/Makefile      |  1 +
> >  drivers/watchdog/hgs_efi_wdt.c | 88 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  3 files changed, 98 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig b/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
> > index bf18782bdb58b20240d7762ce32f98c78c4cd12d..c962e8f22e5a7cb21ee93b3f82189cc8536781b9 100644
> > --- a/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
> > +++ b/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
> > @@ -195,4 +195,13 @@ config K3_RTI_WDT
> >  	  Say Y here if you want to include support for the K3 watchdog
> >  	  timer (RTI module) available in the K3 generation of processors.
> >  
> > +config HGS_EFI_WATCHDOG
> > +	bool "Hexagon Geosystems EFI watchdog"
> > +	depends on MFD_HGS_EFI || COMPILE_TEST
> 
> Thanks for making sure it compiles under COMPILE_TEST. :)
> 
> 
> > +#include <mfd/hgs-efi.h>
> > +
> > +struct hgs_efi_wdt_data {
> > +	unsigned int msg_id;
> > +};
> > +
> > +struct hgs_efi_wdt {
> > +	struct watchdog wdd;
> > +	struct hgs_efi *efi;
> > +	const struct hgs_efi_wdt_data *data;
> > +	bool is_running;
> 
> This is only ever read, but set no where.

You're right, I forgot to set it since pinging the watchdog within
barebox is a dev-feature :/ Fixed it with the new version.

> > +};
> > +
> > +static struct hgs_efi_wdt *to_hgs_efi_wdt(struct watchdog *wdd)
> > +{
> > +	return container_of(wdd, struct hgs_efi_wdt, wdd);
> > +}
> > +
> > +static int hgs_efi_wdt_set_timeout(struct watchdog *wdd, unsigned int timeout)
> > +{
> > +	struct hgs_efi_wdt *efi_wd = to_hgs_efi_wdt(wdd);
> > +	struct device *dev = &wdd->dev;
> > +	struct hgs_sep_cmd cmd = {
> > +		.type = HGS_SEP_MSG_TYPE_EVENT,
> > +		.msg_id = efi_wd->data->msg_id,
> > +	};
> > +	int ret;
> > +
> > +	/* The watchdog can't be turned of */
> > +	if (efi_wd->is_running && !timeout)
> > +		return -ENOSYS;
> > +
> > +	/* The EFI watchdog doesn't have a timeout, once pinged */
> > +	if (efi_wd->is_running)
> > +		return 0;
> 
> A watchdog can also implement a ping callback, which may be suitable here.

You're right, I adapted the code. Since the ping() is optional and the
set_timeout() isn't I went the way of supplying only the set_timeout().

However, I convered it to ping() and always return -ENOSYS in case of
set_timeout().

> > +static int hgs_efi_wdt_drv_probe(struct device *dev)
> > +{
> > +	struct hgs_efi_wdt *efi_wd;
> > +	struct watchdog *wdd;
> > +	int ret;
> > +
> > +	efi_wd = xzalloc(sizeof(*efi_wd));
> > +	efi_wd->efi = dev_get_priv(dev->parent);
> > +	efi_wd->data = of_device_get_match_data(dev);
> > +
> > +	wdd = &efi_wd->wdd;
> > +	wdd->hwdev = dev;
> > +	wdd->set_timeout = hgs_efi_wdt_set_timeout;
> 
> FYI, if you can query the EFI whether it's enabled, you can set
> wdd->running to either WDOG_HW_RUNNING or WDOG_HW_NOT_RUNNING

Right! I added the WDOG_HW_RUNNING, since the watchdog is always
running.

Thanks for the review!

Regards,
  Marco


> 
> > +
> > +	ret = watchdog_register(wdd);
> > +	if (ret)
> > +		dev_err(dev, "Failed to register watchdog device\n");
> > +
> > +	return ret;
> > +}
> > +
> > +const struct hgs_efi_wdt_data hgs_efi_wdt_gs05 = {
> > +	.msg_id = 0,
> > +};
> > +
> > +static struct of_device_id hgs_efi_wdt_of_match[] = {
> > +	{ .compatible = "hgs,efi-gs05-wdt", .data = &hgs_efi_wdt_gs05 },
> > +	{ /* sentinel */ }
> > +};
> > +MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, hgs_efi_wdt_of_match);
> > +
> > +static struct driver hgs_efi_wdt_driver = {
> > +	.name		= "hgs-efi-wdt",
> > +	.probe		= hgs_efi_wdt_drv_probe,
> > +	.of_compatible	= hgs_efi_wdt_of_match,
> > +};
> > +device_platform_driver(hgs_efi_wdt_driver);
> > 
> 
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