Re: [PATCH] watchdog: rt2880_wdt: Remove assignment of dev pointer

From: Wim Van Sebroeck
Date: Sat Oct 08 2016 - 10:16:10 EST


Hi Matt,

> Commit 0254e953537c ("watchdog: Drop pointer to watchdog device from
> struct watchdog_device") removed the dev pointer from struct
> watchdog_device, but this driver was still assigning it, leading to a
> compilation error:
>
> drivers/watchdog/rt2880_wdt.c: In function ârt288x_wdt_probeâ:
> drivers/watchdog/rt2880_wdt.c:161:16: error: âstruct watchdog_deviceâ
> has no member named âdevâ
> rt288x_wdt_dev.dev = &pdev->dev;
> ^
> scripts/Makefile.build:289: recipe for target
> 'drivers/watchdog/rt2880_wdt.o' failed
>
> Fix this by removing the assignment.
>
> Fixes: 0254e953537c
> Signed-off-by: Matt Redfearn <matt.redfearn@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

This patch and a similar patch from Guenter regarding mt7621_wdt was
added to linux-watchdog-next almost 2 weeks ago.

Kind regards,
Wim.