Hi Guenter, > Add early_disable module parameter to match functionality previously > available in the w83697hf_wdt driver. > > Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/watchdog/w83627hf_wdt.c | 15 ++++++++++++--- > 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/w83627hf_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/w83627hf_wdt.c > index b1da0c1..7165704 100644 > --- a/drivers/watchdog/w83627hf_wdt.c > +++ b/drivers/watchdog/w83627hf_wdt.c > @@ -64,6 +64,10 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(nowayout, > "Watchdog cannot be stopped once started (default=" > __MODULE_STRING(WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT) ")"); > > +static int early_disable; > +module_param(early_disable, int, 0); > +MODULE_PARM_DESC(early_disable, "Disable watchdog at boot time (default=0)"); > + > /* > * Kernel methods. > */ > @@ -208,9 +212,14 @@ static int w83627hf_init(struct watchdog_device *wdog, enum chips chip) > > t = superio_inb(cr_wdt_timeout); > if (t != 0) { > - pr_info("Watchdog already running. Resetting timeout to %d sec\n", > - wdog->timeout); > - superio_outb(cr_wdt_timeout, wdog->timeout); > + if (early_disable) { > + pr_warn("Stopping previously enabled watchdog until userland kicks in\n"); > + superio_outb(cr_wdt_timeout, 0); > + } else { > + pr_info("Watchdog already running. Resetting timeout to %d sec\n", > + wdog->timeout); > + superio_outb(cr_wdt_timeout, wdog->timeout); > + } > } > > /* set second mode & disable keyboard turning off watchdog */ Has been added to linux-watchdog-next. Kind regards, Wim. -- 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