[PATCH v2 0/8] watchdog: w83627hf_wdt: Convert driver to the driver model and add minute support

[Paul Louvel]

Hi,

This series aims to improve driver readability and convert it to the
Linux driver model by means of a platform driver.
Furthermore, support for minute-based counting has been added to allow
timeout values longer than 255 seconds. When setting a timeout value
that is not a multiple of 60 seconds, the value is rounded up to the
nearest multiple.

Notes:

  - PATCH #1: I could not introduce a macro for each hard-coded value in
    this driver, since some datasheets are not available (to my
    knowledge) on the internet.

  - PATCH #7: I have moved the code that refreshes or stops the watchdog
    timer out of the w83627hf_init() function and into the wdt_probe()
    function. Keeping it there would have led to code duplication.

    Since the timer has a granularity of at most one second, this does
    not introduce an unexpected reboot: the timer cannot expire in
    between, as at most a few milliseconds would have elapsed (the
    margin is < 1s anyway).

This series was tested on a x86-64 board featuring a Nuvoton NCT6126
Super I/O chip.

This series depends on:

  https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260707-w83627hf_wdt-nct6126d-v4-0-829e5f63d548@xxxxxxxxxxx/

Thanks.

Signed-off-by: Paul Louvel <paul.louvel@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Changes in v2:
- Initialize res stack variable in PATCH #5.
- Reworded PATCH #1. Describe the introduction of BIT().
- Remove the usage in PATCH #8 of goto in error path.
- Dropped PATCH #9. Squashed with PATCH #2.
- Link to v1: https://patch.msgid.link/20260725-w83627hf_wdt-improvements-v1-0-4e9a1b4e8297@xxxxxxxxxxx

To: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-watchdog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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Paul Louvel (8):
      watchdog: w83627hf_wdt: Replace magic numbers with descriptive macros
      watchdog: w83627hf_wdt: Convert to platform driver model
      watchdog: w83627hf_wdt: Use private driver data structure
      watchdog: w83627hf_wdt: Move register offsets into driver data
      watchdog: w83627hf_wdt: Add Super I/O configuration port as a platform device resource
      watchdog: w83627hf_wdt: Store Super I/O unlocking sequence in platform data
      watchdog: w83627hf_wdt: Add minute mode counting
      watchdog: w83627hf_wdt: Report all initialization failures in probe

 drivers/watchdog/w83627hf_wdt.c | 452 +++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
 1 file changed, 285 insertions(+), 167 deletions(-)
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base-commit: 028ef9c96e96197026887c0f092424679298aae8
change-id: 20260713-w83627hf_wdt-improvements-ba2364157d6e
prerequisite-change-id: 20260705-w83627hf_wdt-nct6126d-9a016bf7c936:v4
prerequisite-patch-id: 1162062ebf31e7c2c70ff52b79118b67b00c396b
prerequisite-patch-id: 9638243b3ade2a4e9c3e94664343b235e5cb806d
prerequisite-patch-id: 73803f726f2fab91516b429f79a59c2d3a574cfe

Best regards,
--  
Paul Louvel, Bootlin
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
https://bootlin.com