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Message-Id: <2006-09-07-11-57-00+trackit+sam@rfc1149.net>
Date:	Thu, 7 Sep 2006 11:57:00 +0200
From:	Samuel Tardieu <sam@...1149.net>
To:	Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@...ana.be>
Cc:	Pádraig Brady <P@...igBrady.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] watchdog: add support for w83697hg chip

On  6/09, Wim Van Sebroeck wrote:

| My feedback: it is important that during the initialization of the module,
| the watchdog is being disabled. A watchdog should only start working after
| it has been started via /dev/watchdog.

Agreed. See updated patch at the end.

| Please note that I added 4 days ago a patch of Marcus Junker <junker@...uras.de>
| in my linux-2.6-watchdog-mm tree for the w83697hf chipset.
| See: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/wim/linux-2.6-watchdog-mm.git;a=commitdiff;h=d19ea38e6e99c4924c894cb54440e242179bf27d;hp=19cdb014d58f2c47470d86188a7e556380469008

Ah, we did duplicate work then, too bad I didn't notice it first :)
However, the patch you refer to:
  - doesn't check whether the device is really present (we *can* probe
    it, my patch does it)
  - limits the watchdog timeout to 1-63 while this device accepts 1-255
  - has several functions returning an int whose result is always 0 and
    is never used
  - the line reading "set second mode & disable keyboard ..." is plain
    wrong, the register being manipulated (CRF4) is the counter itself,
    not the control byte (CRF3) -- looks like it has been copied from
    another driver
  - the note concerning tyan motherboards has been also copied from
    another driver, I'm not sure at all it applies here
  - the comments concerning CRF6 are wrong as CRF3 is manipulated and
    CRF6 is never read nor written
  - I think garbage is being written in CRF3 (the control word) as the
    timeout value is being stored in this register (such as 60 for 60
    seconds)

To make it short, I think the patch you have integrated works by chance.
In particular, if the mode is set to minutes instead of seconds by the
BIOS and you load a timeout value with the bit 2 set (such as 36
seconds), it will be 36 minutes instead. Moreover, the bogus CRF3
manipulations may change the behaviour of the leds as well and bits
marked as "reserved" are erased with random data.

I suggest that you use the following patch instead. It is my patch
renamed as w83697hf_wdt (it covers hf and hg variants) with the
following three modifications: I added Marcus Junker copyright with mine,
as he beats me by a few days, I disable the watchdog until it is
first used, and I set the default address to 0x2e to make it compatible
with Marcus' original patch.

Patch follows this line:


Winbond W83697HF/W83697HGHG watchdog timer

The Winbond SuperIO W83697HF/HG includes a watchdog that can count from
1 to 255 seconds (or minutes). This drivers allows the seconds mode to
be used. It exposes a standard /dev/watchdog interface. This chip is
currently being used on some motherboards designed by VIA.

By default, the module looks for a chip at I/O port 0x4e. The chip can
be configured to be at 0x2e on some motherboards, the address can be
chosen using the wdt_io module parameter. Using 0 will try to autodetect
the address.

Signed-off-by: Samuel Tardieu <sam@...1149.net>

diff -r b1d36669f98d drivers/char/watchdog/Kconfig
--- a/drivers/char/watchdog/Kconfig	Mon Sep 04 03:00:04 2006 +0000
+++ b/drivers/char/watchdog/Kconfig	Thu Sep 07 11:52:32 2006 +0200
@@ -371,6 +371,21 @@ config W83627HF_WDT
 
 	  Most people will say N.
 
+config W83697HF_WDT
+	tristate "W83697HF/W83697HG Watchdog Timer"
+	depends on WATCHDOG && X86
+	---help---
+	  This is the driver for the hardware watchdog on the W83697HF/HG
+	  chipset as used in Dedibox/VIA motherboards (and likely 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.
+
+	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
+	  module will be called w83697hf_wdt.
+
+	  Most people will say N.
+
 config W83877F_WDT
 	tristate "W83877F (EMACS) Watchdog Timer"
 	depends on WATCHDOG && X86
diff -r b1d36669f98d drivers/char/watchdog/Makefile
--- a/drivers/char/watchdog/Makefile	Mon Sep 04 03:00:04 2006 +0000
+++ b/drivers/char/watchdog/Makefile	Thu Sep 07 11:52:32 2006 +0200
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_SBC8360_WDT) += sbc8360.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SBC8360_WDT) += sbc8360.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CPU5_WDT) += cpu5wdt.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_W83627HF_WDT) += w83627hf_wdt.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_W83697HF_WDT) += w83697hf_wdt.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_W83877F_WDT) += w83877f_wdt.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_W83977F_WDT) += w83977f_wdt.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MACHZ_WDT) += machzwd.o
diff -r b1d36669f98d drivers/char/watchdog/w83697hf_wdt.c
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/drivers/char/watchdog/w83697hf_wdt.c	Thu Sep 07 11:53:00 2006 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,423 @@
+/*
+ *	w83697hf/hg WDT driver
+ *
+ *	(c) Copyright 2006 Samuel Tardieu <sam@...1149.net>
+ *	(c) Copyright 2006 Marcus Junker <junker@...uras.de>
+ *
+ *	Based on w83627hf_wdt which is based on wadvantechwdt.c
+ *	which is based on wdt.c.
+ *	Original copyright messages:
+ *
+ *	(c) Copyright 2003 Pádraig Brady <P@...igBrady.com>
+ *
+ *	(c) Copyright 2000-2001 Marek Michalkiewicz <marekm@...ux.org.pl>
+ *
+ *	(c) Copyright 1996 Alan Cox <alan@...hat.com>, All Rights Reserved.
+ *				http://www.redhat.com
+ *
+ *	This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ *	modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ *	as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
+ *	2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *	Neither Alan Cox nor CymruNet Ltd. admit liability nor provide
+ *	warranty for any of this software. This material is provided
+ *	"AS-IS" and at no charge.
+ *
+ *	(c) Copyright 1995    Alan Cox <alan@...hat.com>
+ */
+
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/moduleparam.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/miscdevice.h>
+#include <linux/watchdog.h>
+#include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/ioport.h>
+#include <linux/notifier.h>
+#include <linux/reboot.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
+
+#include <asm/io.h>
+#include <asm/uaccess.h>
+#include <asm/system.h>
+
+#define WATCHDOG_NAME "w83697hf/hg WDT"
+#define PFX WATCHDOG_NAME ": "
+#define WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT 60		/* 60 sec default timeout */
+
+static unsigned long wdt_is_open;
+static char expect_close;
+
+/* You must set this - there is no sane way to probe for this board. */
+static int wdt_io = 0x2e;
+module_param(wdt_io, int, 0);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(wdt_io, "w83697hf/hg WDT io port (default 0x2e, 0 = autodetect)");
+
+static int timeout = WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT;	/* in seconds */
+module_param(timeout, int, 0);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(timeout, "Watchdog timeout in seconds. 1<= timeout <=255, default=" __MODULE_STRING(WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT) ".");
+
+static int nowayout = WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT;
+module_param(nowayout, int, 0);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(nowayout, "Watchdog cannot be stopped once started (default=CONFIG_WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT)");
+
+/*
+ *	Kernel methods.
+ */
+
+#define W83697HF_EFER (wdt_io+0)   /* Extended function enable register */
+#define W83697HF_EFIR (wdt_io+0)   /* Extended function index register */
+#define W83697HF_EFDR (wdt_io+1)   /* Extended function data register */
+
+static inline void
+w83697hf_unlock(void)
+{
+	outb_p(0x87, W83697HF_EFER);
+	outb_p(0x87, W83697HF_EFER);
+}
+
+static inline void
+w83697hf_lock(void)
+{
+	outb_p(0xAA, W83697HF_EFER);
+}
+
+/*
+ *	The three functions w83697hf_get_reg(), w83697_set_reg() and
+ *	wdt_ctrl() must be called with the device unlocked.
+ */
+
+static unsigned char
+w83697hf_get_reg(unsigned char reg)
+{
+	outb_p(reg, W83697HF_EFIR);
+	return inb_p(W83697HF_EFDR);
+}
+
+static void
+w83697hf_set_reg(unsigned char reg, unsigned char data)
+{
+	outb_p(reg, W83697HF_EFIR);
+	outb_p(data, W83697HF_EFDR);
+}
+
+static void
+wdt_ctrl(int timeout)
+{
+	w83697hf_set_reg(0xF4, timeout);
+}
+
+static void
+w83697hf_select_wdt(void)
+{
+	w83697hf_unlock();
+	w83697hf_set_reg(0x07, 0x08);   /* Switch to logic device 8 */
+}
+
+static inline void
+w83697hf_deselect_wdt(void)
+{
+	w83697hf_lock();
+}
+
+static void
+wdt_ping(void)
+{
+	w83697hf_select_wdt();
+	wdt_ctrl(timeout);
+	w83697hf_deselect_wdt();
+}
+
+static void
+wdt_enable(void)
+{
+	unsigned char bbuf;
+
+	w83697hf_select_wdt();
+
+	wdt_ctrl(0);                    /* Disable watchdog until first use */
+
+	bbuf = w83697hf_get_reg(0x29);
+	bbuf &= ~0x60;
+	bbuf |= 0x20;
+	w83697hf_set_reg(0x29, bbuf);   /* Set pin 119 to WDTO# mode */
+
+	bbuf = w83697hf_get_reg(0xF3);
+	bbuf &= ~0x04;
+	w83697hf_set_reg(0xF3, bbuf);   /* Count mode is seconds */
+	w83697hf_set_reg(0x30, 1);      /* Enable timer */
+
+	w83697hf_deselect_wdt();
+}
+
+static void
+wdt_disable(void)
+{
+	w83697hf_select_wdt();
+	w83697hf_set_reg(0x30, 0);       /* Disable timer */
+	wdt_ctrl(0);
+	w83697hf_deselect_wdt();
+}
+
+static int
+wdt_set_heartbeat(int t)
+{
+	if ((t < 1) || (t > 255))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	timeout = t;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static ssize_t
+wdt_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+	if (count) {
+		if (!nowayout) {
+			size_t i;
+      
+			expect_close = 0;
+      
+			for (i = 0; i != count; i++) {
+				char c;
+				if (get_user(c, buf+i))
+					return -EFAULT;
+				if (c == 'V')
+					expect_close = 42;
+			}
+		}
+		wdt_ping();
+	}
+	return count;
+}
+
+static int
+wdt_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
+	  unsigned long arg)
+{
+	void __user *argp = (void __user *)arg;
+	int __user *p = argp;
+	int new_timeout;
+	static struct watchdog_info ident = {
+		.options = WDIOF_KEEPALIVEPING | WDIOF_SETTIMEOUT | WDIOF_MAGICCLOSE,
+		.firmware_version = 1,
+		.identity = "W83697HF WDT",
+	};
+
+	switch (cmd) {
+	case WDIOC_GETSUPPORT:
+		if (copy_to_user(argp, &ident, sizeof(ident)))
+			return -EFAULT;
+		break;
+
+	case WDIOC_GETSTATUS:
+	case WDIOC_GETBOOTSTATUS:
+		return put_user(0, p);
+
+	case WDIOC_KEEPALIVE:
+		wdt_ping();
+		break;
+
+	case WDIOC_SETTIMEOUT:
+		if (get_user(new_timeout, p))
+			return -EFAULT;
+		if (wdt_set_heartbeat(new_timeout))
+			return -EINVAL;
+		wdt_ping();
+		/* Fall */
+
+	case WDIOC_GETTIMEOUT:
+		return put_user(timeout, p);
+
+	case WDIOC_SETOPTIONS:
+	{
+		int options, retval = -EINVAL;
+      
+		if (get_user(options, p))
+			return -EFAULT;
+      
+		if (options & WDIOS_DISABLECARD) {
+			wdt_disable();
+			retval = 0;
+		}
+
+		if (options & WDIOS_ENABLECARD) {
+			wdt_ping();
+			retval = 0;
+		}
+
+		return retval;
+	}
+
+	default:
+		return -ENOIOCTLCMD;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+wdt_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
+{
+	if (test_and_set_bit(0, &wdt_is_open))
+		return -EBUSY;
+	/*
+	 *	Activate
+	 */
+
+	wdt_enable();
+	return nonseekable_open(inode, file);
+}
+
+static int
+wdt_close(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
+{
+	if (expect_close == 42) {
+		wdt_disable();
+	} else {
+		printk(KERN_CRIT PFX "Unexpected close, not stopping watchdog!\n");
+		wdt_ping();
+	}
+	expect_close = 0;
+	clear_bit(0, &wdt_is_open);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ *	Notifier for system down
+ */
+
+static int
+wdt_notify_sys(struct notifier_block *this, unsigned long code,
+	       void *unused)
+{
+	if (code == SYS_DOWN || code == SYS_HALT) {
+		/* Turn the WDT off */
+		wdt_disable();
+	}
+	return NOTIFY_DONE;
+}
+
+/*
+ *	Kernel Interfaces
+ */
+
+static struct file_operations wdt_fops = {
+	.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
+	.llseek		= no_llseek,
+	.write		= wdt_write,
+	.ioctl		= wdt_ioctl,
+	.open		= wdt_open,
+	.release	= wdt_close,
+};
+
+static struct miscdevice wdt_miscdev = {
+	.minor = WATCHDOG_MINOR,
+	.name = "watchdog",
+	.fops = &wdt_fops,
+};
+
+/*
+ *	The WDT needs to learn about soft shutdowns in order to
+ *	turn the timebomb registers off.
+ */
+
+static struct notifier_block wdt_notifier = {
+	.notifier_call = wdt_notify_sys,
+};
+
+static int
+w83697hf_init(void)
+{
+	if (!request_region(wdt_io, 2, WATCHDOG_NAME)) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR PFX "I/O address 0x%x already in use\n", wdt_io);
+		return -EIO;
+	}
+  
+	printk(KERN_INFO PFX "Looking for watchdog at address 0x%x\n", wdt_io);
+	w83697hf_unlock();
+	if (w83697hf_get_reg(0x20) == 0x60) {
+		printk(KERN_INFO PFX "watchdog found at address 0x%x\n", wdt_io);
+		w83697hf_lock();
+		return 0;
+	}
+	w83697hf_lock();   /* Reprotect in case it was a compatible device */
+  
+	printk(KERN_INFO PFX "watchdog not found at address 0x%x\n", wdt_io);
+	release_region(wdt_io, 2);
+	return -EIO;
+}
+
+static int __init
+wdt_init(void)
+{
+	int ret, autodetect;
+  
+	printk(KERN_INFO PFX "WDT driver for W83697HF/HG initializing\n");
+  
+	autodetect = wdt_io == 0;
+	if (autodetect)
+		wdt_io = 0x2e;
+  
+	if (!w83697hf_init())
+		goto found;
+  
+	if (autodetect) {
+		wdt_io = 0x4e;
+		if (!w83697hf_init())
+			goto found;
+	}
+  
+	printk(KERN_ERR PFX "No W83697HF/HG could be found\n");
+	ret = -EIO;
+	goto out;
+  
+ found:
+  
+	if (wdt_set_heartbeat(timeout)) {
+		wdt_set_heartbeat(WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT);
+		printk(KERN_INFO PFX "timeout value must be 1<=timeout<=255, using %d\n",
+		       WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT);
+	}
+  
+	ret = register_reboot_notifier(&wdt_notifier);
+	if (ret != 0) {
+		printk (KERN_ERR PFX "cannot register reboot notifier (err=%d)\n",
+			ret);
+		goto unreg_regions;
+	}
+  
+	ret = misc_register(&wdt_miscdev);
+	if (ret != 0) {
+		printk (KERN_ERR PFX "cannot register miscdev on minor=%d (err=%d)\n",
+			WATCHDOG_MINOR, ret);
+		goto unreg_reboot;
+	}
+  
+	printk (KERN_INFO PFX "initialized. timeout=%d sec (nowayout=%d)\n",
+		timeout, nowayout);
+  
+ out:
+	return ret;
+ unreg_reboot:
+	unregister_reboot_notifier(&wdt_notifier);
+ unreg_regions:
+	release_region(wdt_io, 2);
+	goto out;
+}
+
+static void __exit
+wdt_exit(void)
+{
+	misc_deregister(&wdt_miscdev);
+	unregister_reboot_notifier(&wdt_notifier);
+	release_region(wdt_io, 2);
+}
+
+module_init(wdt_init);
+module_exit(wdt_exit);
+
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Samuel Tardieu <sam@...1149.net>");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("w83697hf WDT driver");
+MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);

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