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-rw-r--r--drivers/watchdog/w83697hf_wdt.c27
1 files changed, 26 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/w83697hf_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/w83697hf_wdt.c
index 21207021a02..528b882420b 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/w83697hf_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/w83697hf_wdt.c
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
#define WATCHDOG_NAME "w83697hf/hg WDT"
#define PFX WATCHDOG_NAME ": "
#define WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT 60 /* 60 sec default timeout */
+#define WATCHDOG_EARLY_DISABLE 1 /* Disable until userland kicks in */
static unsigned long wdt_is_open;
static char expect_close;
@@ -62,6 +63,10 @@ static int nowayout = WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT;
module_param(nowayout, int, 0);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(nowayout, "Watchdog cannot be stopped once started (default=" __MODULE_STRING(WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT) ")");
+static int early_disable = WATCHDOG_EARLY_DISABLE;
+module_param(early_disable, int, 0);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(early_disable, "Watchdog gets disabled at boot time (default=" __MODULE_STRING(WATCHDOG_EARLY_DISABLE) ")");
+
/*
* Kernel methods.
*/
@@ -178,6 +183,22 @@ wdt_disable(void)
spin_unlock(&io_lock);
}
+static unsigned char
+wdt_running(void)
+{
+ unsigned char t;
+
+ spin_lock(&io_lock);
+ w83697hf_select_wdt();
+
+ t = w83697hf_get_reg(0xF4); /* Read timer */
+
+ w83697hf_deselect_wdt();
+ spin_unlock(&io_lock);
+
+ return t;
+}
+
static int
wdt_set_heartbeat(int t)
{
@@ -394,7 +415,11 @@ wdt_init(void)
}
w83697hf_init();
- wdt_disable(); /* Disable watchdog until first use */
+ if (early_disable) {
+ if (wdt_running())
+ printk (KERN_WARNING PFX "Stopping previously enabled watchdog until userland kicks in\n");
+ wdt_disable();
+ }
if (wdt_set_heartbeat(timeout)) {
wdt_set_heartbeat(WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT);