Re: [PATCH 0/2] watchdog: w83627hf_wdt: Add NCT6126 support and improve handling of running watchdog

[Paul Louvel]

Hi,

The first patch contains a small mistake.
Please discard this series and wait for V2, I will send it immediately.
Sorry for the inconvenience.

Paul.

On 7/6/26 12:14 PM, Paul Louvel wrote:
> This series brings two small improvements to the w83627hf_wdt driver.
>
> The first patch adds support for the Nuvoton NCT6126 Super I/O chip. The
> NCT6126 is compatible with the existing driver but requires reading the
> full 16-bit chip ID, as it shares its high-byte ID with the NCT6116.
>
> The second patch improves the handling of watchdogs that are already
> running when the driver probes. Instead of issuing a single keepalive
> using the default timeout, it relies on the watchdog core's
> WDOG_HW_RUNNING support to automatically maintain the watchdog until
> userspace opens the device.
>
> Signed-off-by: Paul Louvel <paul.louvel@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Paul Louvel (2):
>        watchdog: w83627hf_wdt: Add support for Nuvoton NCT6126
>        watchdog: w83627hf_wdt: Use WDOG_HW_RUNNING for running chip on boot
>
>   drivers/watchdog/w83627hf_wdt.c | 18 +++++++++++++-----
>   1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> ---
> base-commit: 028ef9c96e96197026887c0f092424679298aae8
> change-id: 20260705-w83627hf_wdt-nct6126d-9a016bf7c936
>
> Best regards,
> --
> Paul Louvel, Bootlin
> Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
> https://bootlin.com
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