[PATCH v4 8/9] watchdog: max77620: add comment to clarify set_timeout procedure

From: Luca Ceresoli
Date: Sat Nov 20 2021 - 11:00:54 EST


Clarify why we need to ping the watchdog before changing the timeout by
quoting the MAX77714 datasheet.

Signed-off-by: Luca Ceresoli <luca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---

This patch is new in v4. It adds a clarification comment to the max77620
driver taken from v3 patch 7.
---
drivers/watchdog/max77620_wdt.c | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/max77620_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/max77620_wdt.c
index 06b48295fab6..f082a4ea2c03 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/max77620_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/max77620_wdt.c
@@ -132,6 +132,11 @@ static int max77620_wdt_set_timeout(struct watchdog_device *wdt_dev,
break;
}

+ /*
+ * "If the value of TWD needs to be changed, clear the system
+ * watchdog timer first [...], then change the value of TWD."
+ * (MAX77714 datasheet)
+ */
ret = regmap_update_bits(wdt->rmap, wdt->drv_data->reg_cnfg_glbl3,
wdt->drv_data->wdtc_mask, 0x1);
if (ret < 0)
--
2.25.1