[PATCH] ppc64: add a watchdog driver for rtas

Add a watchdog using the RTAS OS surveillance service. This is
provided as a simpler alternative to rtasd. The added value
is that it works with standard watchdog client programs and
can therefore also do user space monitoring.

On BPA, rtasd is not really useful because the hardware does
not have much to report with event-scan.

The driver should also work on other platforms that support
the OS surveillance rtas calls.

Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arndb@de.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/char/watchdog/Kconfig b/drivers/char/watchdog/Kconfig
index 06a31da2381..b53e2e2b5ae 100644
--- a/drivers/char/watchdog/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/char/watchdog/Kconfig
@@ -414,6 +414,16 @@ config WATCHDOG_RIO
           machines.  The watchdog timeout period is normally one minute but
           can be changed with a boot-time parameter.
 
+# ppc64 RTAS watchdog
+config WATCHDOG_RTAS
+        tristate "RTAS watchdog"
+        depends on WATCHDOG && PPC_RTAS
+        help
+          This driver adds watchdog support for the RTAS watchdog.
+
+          To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
+          will be called wdrtas.
+
 #
 # ISA-based Watchdog Cards
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