watchdog: mei_wdt: implement MEI iAMT watchdog driver

Create a driver with the generic watchdog interface
for the MEI iAMT watchdog device.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Usyskin <alexander.usyskin@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig b/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
index 4f0e7be0da34..57f872122b16 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
@@ -1212,6 +1212,21 @@ config SBC_EPX_C3_WATCHDOG
           To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
           module will be called sbc_epx_c3.
 
+config INTEL_MEI_WDT
+        tristate "Intel MEI iAMT Watchdog"
+        depends on INTEL_MEI && X86
+        select WATCHDOG_CORE
+        ---help---
+          A device driver for the Intel MEI iAMT watchdog.
+
+          The Intel AMT Watchdog is an OS Health (Hang/Crash) watchdog.
+          Whenever the OS hangs or crashes, iAMT will send an event
+          to any subscriber to this event. The watchdog doesn't reset the
+          the platform.
+
+          To compile this driver as a module, choose M here:
+          the module will be called mei_wdt.
+
 # M32R Architecture
 
 # M68K Architecture