Florian Fainelli <florian@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > This patch checks if the watchdog enable bit is set in the DCL > register meaning that the hardware watchdog actually works and > if so, register the ar7_wdt platform_device. > > Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <florian@xxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > diff --git a/arch/mips/ar7/platform.c b/arch/mips/ar7/platform.c > index e2278c0..835f3f0 100644 > --- a/arch/mips/ar7/platform.c > +++ b/arch/mips/ar7/platform.c > @@ -503,6 +503,7 @@ static int __init ar7_register_devices(void) > { > u16 chip_id; > int res; > + u32 *bootcr, val; > #ifdef CONFIG_SERIAL_8250 > static struct uart_port uart_port[2]; > > @@ -595,7 +596,13 @@ static int __init ar7_register_devices(void) > > ar7_wdt_res.end = ar7_wdt_res.start + 0x20; > > - res = platform_device_register(&ar7_wdt); > + bootcr = (u32 *)ioremap_nocache(AR7_REGS_DCL, 4); > + val = *bootcr; > + iounmap(bootcr); > + > + /* Register watchdog only if enabled in hardware */ > + if (val & AR7_WDT_HW_ENA) > + res = platform_device_register(&ar7_wdt); > I think the 'correct' way to do this is: --- void __iomem *bootcr; u32 val; ... bootcr = ioremap_nocache(AR7_REGS_DCL, 4); val = *bootcr; iounmap(bootcr); --- I'm betting this could be reduced to: --- if (ioread32(AR7_REGS_DCL) & AR7_WDT_HW_ENA) res = platform_device_register(&ar7_wdt); --- However without the hardware...I cannot test this. Cheers -- Alexander Clouter .sigmonster says: Accuracy, n.: The vice of being right