[PATCH u-boot-mvebu] watchdog: armada_37xx: Probe driver also when watchdog is already running

Marek Behún marek.behun at nic.cz
Wed Feb 23 15:35:37 CET 2022


On Wed, 23 Feb 2022 14:21:40 +0100
Pali Rohár <pali at kernel.org> wrote:

> If Armada 37xx watchdog is started before U-Boot then CNTR_CTRL_ACTIVE bit
> is set, U-Boot armada-37xx-wdt.c driver fails to initialize and so U-Boot
> is unable to use or kick this watchdog.
> 
> Do not check for CNTR_CTRL_ACTIVE bit and always initialize watchdog. Same
> behavior is implemented in Linux kernel driver.
> 
> This change allows to activate watchdog in firmware which loads U-Boot.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Pali Rohár <pali at kernel.org>

Reviewed-by: Marek Behún <marek.behun at nic.cz>


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