linux-kernel - SBC-FITPC2 watchdog driver fix

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Message-ID: <4B58603F.5030407@compulab.co.il>
Date:	Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:10:07 +0200
From:	Denis Turischev <denis@...pulab.co.il>
To:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:	Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@...ana.be>,
	Andrey Panin <pazke@...trinvest.ru>
Subject: SBC-FITPC2 watchdog driver fix

sbc_fitpc2_wdt: fix I/O space access technique.

The mdelay function was used between I/O access commands, that causes peak
in CPU usage. Fix it by substitution mdelay to msleep.

Expand usage on fitPC2 compatible boards according to DMI identification.

Signed-off-by: Denis Turischev <denis@...pulab.co.il>

diff -Nru linux-2.6.33-rc4.orig/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig linux-2.6.33-rc4/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
--- linux-2.6.33-rc4.orig/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig	2010-01-13 07:15:00.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.33-rc4/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig	2010-01-20 13:47:18.000000000 +0200
@@ -396,8 +396,8 @@
 	tristate "Compulab SBC-FITPC2 watchdog"
 	depends on X86
 	---help---
-	  This is the driver for the built-in watchdog timer on the fit-PC2
-	  Single-board computer made by Compulab.
+	  This is the driver for the built-in watchdog timer on the fit-PC2,
+	  fit-PC2i, CM-iAM single-board computers made by Compulab.
 
 	  It`s possible to enable watchdog timer either from BIOS (F2) or from booted Linux.
 	  When "Watchdog Timer Value" enabled one can set 31-255 s operational range.
diff -Nru linux-2.6.33-rc4.orig/drivers/watchdog/sbc_fitpc2_wdt.c linux-2.6.33-rc4/drivers/watchdog/sbc_fitpc2_wdt.c
--- linux-2.6.33-rc4.orig/drivers/watchdog/sbc_fitpc2_wdt.c	2010-01-13 07:15:00.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.33-rc4/drivers/watchdog/sbc_fitpc2_wdt.c	2010-01-20 15:28:19.000000000 +0200
@@ -46,9 +46,9 @@
 static void wdt_send_data(unsigned char command, unsigned char data)
 {
 	outb(command, COMMAND_PORT);
-	mdelay(100);
+	msleep(100);
 	outb(data, DATA_PORT);
-	mdelay(200);
+	msleep(200);
 }
 
 static void wdt_enable(void)
@@ -202,11 +202,10 @@
 {
 	int err;
 
-	if (strcmp("SBC-FITPC2", dmi_get_system_info(DMI_BOARD_NAME))) {
-		pr_info("board name is: %s. Should be SBC-FITPC2\n",
-			dmi_get_system_info(DMI_BOARD_NAME));
+	if (!strstr(dmi_get_system_info(DMI_BOARD_NAME), "SBC-FITPC2"))
 		return -ENODEV;
-	}
+
+	pr_info("%s found\n", dmi_get_system_info(DMI_BOARD_NAME));
 
 	if (!request_region(COMMAND_PORT, 1, WATCHDOG_NAME)) {
 		pr_err("I/O address 0x%04x already in use\n", COMMAND_PORT);

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