[PATCH 4/4] watchdog: st_wdt: Add new driver for ST's LPC Watchdog
Arnd Bergmann
arnd at arndb.de
Thu Oct 23 08:23:55 PDT 2014
On Thursday 23 October 2014 16:18:44 Lee Jones wrote:
> +config ST_WATCHDOG
> + tristate "STMicroelectronics LPC Watchdog"
> + depends on ARCH_STI && OF
> + depends on !RTC_DRV_ST_LPC
> + select WATCHDOG_CORE
> + help
> + Say Y here to include Watchdog timer support for the watchdog
> + existing in the LPC of STMicroelectronics SOCs.
> + !!! BE CARREFUL !!!
> + This driver shares hardware resources with RTC Alarm part of the
> + LPC. Both LPC Watchdog driver and LPC RTC driver cannot be
> + used together.
> +
> + To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
> + module will be called st-wdt.
> +
>
How is this ensured by the code? Do both drivers try to bind to the
same device node? Would it make more sense to have a single driver
that registers both to the rtc and the watchdog subsystems?
Arnd
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