Re: [PATCH v2] watchdog: Add hardware dependency to BCM7038 driver

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On 02/24/2016 07:17 AM, Jean Delvare wrote:
The BCM7038 watchdog driver is specific to Broadcom ARM and MIPS
SoCs so do not present it on other architectures, unless
build-testing.

Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <jdelvare@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Justin Chen <justinpopo6@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@xxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
Changes since v1:
  * Better dependencies, suggested by Justin, and updated the
    description accordingly.
  * Better option description, provided by Justin.

  drivers/watchdog/Kconfig |    8 +++++---
  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

--- linux-4.5-rc5.orig/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig	2016-02-24 14:43:18.943460233 +0100
+++ linux-4.5-rc5/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig	2016-02-24 15:42:49.756057691 +0100
@@ -1377,10 +1377,12 @@ config BCM7038_WDT
  	tristate "BCM7038 Watchdog"
  	select WATCHDOG_CORE
  	depends on HAS_IOMEM
+	depends on ARCH_BRCMSTB || BMIPS_GENERIC || COMPILE_TEST
  	help
-	 Watchdog driver for the built-in hardware in Broadcom 7038 SoCs.
-
-	 Say 'Y or 'M' here to enable the driver.
+	 Watchdog driver for the built-in hardware in Broadcom 7038 and
+	 later SoCs used in set-top boxes.  BCM7038 was made public
+	 during the 2004 CES, and since then, many Broadcom chips use this
+	 watchdog block, including some cable modem chips.

  config IMGPDC_WDT
  	tristate "Imagination Technologies PDC Watchdog Timer"


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