Re: [PATCH v3] watchdog: Add watchdog timer support for the WinSystems EBC-C384

[One Thousand Gnomes]

> +static int ebc_c384_wdt_set_timeout(struct watchdog_device *wdev, unsigned t)
> +{
> +	/* resolution is in minutes for timeouts greater than 255 seconds */
> +	if (t > 255) {
> +		/* truncate second resolution to minute resolution */
> +		t /= 60;
> +		wdev->timeout = t * 60;
> +
> +		/* set watchdog timer for minutes */
> +		outb(0x00, CFG_ADDR);

If ask for 299 seconds surely I should get 300 not 240 ?
(Whether to round off or round up is an interesting question for the
middle range - does it go off early or late - I'd have said late but...)

> +static int __init ebc_c384_wdt_init(void)
> +{
> +	int err;
> +
> +	if (!dmi_match(DMI_BOARD_NAME, "EBC-C384 SBC"))
> +		return -ENODEV;
> +

Is there no ACPI entry for it ?

Alan