The watchdog's parent is iTCO_wdt (the platform device) not lpc_ich (the PCI device.) Setting the parent right makes it much easier for the user to figure out which driver/module is handling the watchdog device node. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <jdelvare@xxxxxxx> Cc: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/watchdog/iTCO_wdt.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- linux-3.14-rc5.orig/drivers/watchdog/iTCO_wdt.c 2014-01-20 03:40:07.000000000 +0100 +++ linux-3.14-rc5/drivers/watchdog/iTCO_wdt.c 2014-03-08 13:56:01.905564783 +0100 @@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ static int iTCO_wdt_probe(struct platfor iTCO_wdt_watchdog_dev.bootstatus = 0; iTCO_wdt_watchdog_dev.timeout = WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT; watchdog_set_nowayout(&iTCO_wdt_watchdog_dev, nowayout); - iTCO_wdt_watchdog_dev.parent = dev->dev.parent; + iTCO_wdt_watchdog_dev.parent = &dev->dev; /* Make sure the watchdog is not running */ iTCO_wdt_stop(&iTCO_wdt_watchdog_dev); -- Jean Delvare SUSE L3 Support -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-watchdog" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html