[WATCHDOG] IT8212F watchdog driver

This patch adds support for the ITE Tech Inc. IT8712F EC-LPC Super I/O 
chipset found on many Pentium III and AMD motherboards. Developed using code 
from other watchdog drivers and the datasheet on ITE Tech homepage.

Signed-off-by: Jorge Boncompte <jorge@dti2.net>
Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig b/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
index 2792bc1a7269..126b554810c8 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
@@ -392,6 +392,16 @@ config ITCO_VENDOR_SUPPORT
           devices. At this moment we only have additional support for some
           SuperMicro Inc. motherboards.
 
+config IT8712F_WDT
+        tristate "IT8712F (Smart Guardian) Watchdog Timer"
+        depends on X86
+        ---help---
+          This is the driver for the built-in watchdog timer on the IT8712F
+          Super I/0 chipset used on many motherboards.
+
+          To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
+          module will be called it8712f_wdt.
+
 config SC1200_WDT
         tristate "National Semiconductor PC87307/PC97307 (ala SC1200) Watchdog"
         depends on X86