[WATCHDOG] Winbond SMsC37B787 watchdog driver

New watchdog driver for the Winbond SMsC37B787 chipset.
 
Signed-off-by: Sven Anders <anders@anduras.de>
Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>

1 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/char/watchdog/Kconfig b/drivers/char/watchdog/Kconfig
index 89e46d6dfc4e..8d2ebc73c894 100644
--- a/drivers/char/watchdog/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/char/watchdog/Kconfig
@@ -395,6 +395,26 @@ config CPU5_WDT
           To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
           module will be called cpu5wdt.
 
+config SMSC37B787_WDT
+        tristate "Winbond SMsC37B787 Watchdog Timer"
+        depends on WATCHDOG && X86
+        ---help---
+          This is the driver for the hardware watchdog component on the
+          Winbond SMsC37B787 chipset as used on the NetRunner Mainboard
+          from Vision Systems and maybe others.
+
+          This watchdog simply watches your kernel to make sure it doesn't
+          freeze, and if it does, it reboots your computer after a certain
+          amount of time.
+
+          Usually a userspace daemon will notify the kernel WDT driver that
+          userspace is still alive, at regular intervals.
+
+          To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
+          module will be called smsc37b787_wdt.
+
+          Most people will say N.
+
 config W83627HF_WDT
         tristate "W83627HF Watchdog Timer"
         depends on WATCHDOG && X86