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+/*
+ *	Advantech Single Board Computer WDT driver
+ *
+ *	(c) Copyright 2000-2001 Marek Michalkiewicz <marekm@linux.org.pl>
+ *
+ *	Based on acquirewdt.c which is based on wdt.c.
+ *	Original copyright messages:
+ *
+ *	(c) Copyright 1996 Alan Cox <alan@redhat.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@redhat.com>
+ *
+ *	14-Dec-2001 Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@dell.com>
+ *	    Added nowayout module option to override CONFIG_WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT
+ *
+ *	16-Oct-2002 Rob Radez <rob@osinvestor.com>
+ *	    Clean up ioctls, clean up init + exit, add expect close support,
+ *	    add wdt_start and wdt_stop as parameters.
+ */
+
+#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 "Advantech WDT"
+#define PFX WATCHDOG_NAME ": "
+#define WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT 60		/* 60 sec default timeout */
+
+static unsigned long advwdt_is_open;
+static char adv_expect_close;
+
+/*
+ *	You must set these - there is no sane way to probe for this board.
+ *
+ *	To enable or restart, write the timeout value in seconds (1 to 63)
+ *	to I/O port wdt_start.  To disable, read I/O port wdt_stop.
+ *	Both are 0x443 for most boards (tested on a PCA-6276VE-00B1), but
+ *	check your manual (at least the PCA-6159 seems to be different -
+ *	the manual says wdt_stop is 0x43, not 0x443).
+ *	(0x43 is also a write-only control register for the 8254 timer!)
+ */
+
+static int wdt_stop = 0x443;
+module_param(wdt_stop, int, 0);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(wdt_stop, "Advantech WDT 'stop' io port (default 0x443)");
+
+static int wdt_start = 0x443;
+module_param(wdt_start, int, 0);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(wdt_start, "Advantech WDT 'start' io port (default 0x443)");
+
+static int timeout = WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT;	/* in seconds */
+module_param(timeout, int, 0);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(timeout, "Watchdog timeout in seconds. 1<= timeout <=63, default=" __MODULE_STRING(WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT) ".");
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT
+static int nowayout = 1;
+#else
+static int nowayout = 0;
+#endif
+
+module_param(nowayout, int, 0);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(nowayout, "Watchdog cannot be stopped once started (default=CONFIG_WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT)");
+
+/*
+ *	Kernel methods.
+ */
+
+static void
+advwdt_ping(void)
+{
+	/* Write a watchdog value */
+	outb_p(timeout, wdt_start);
+}
+
+static void
+advwdt_disable(void)
+{
+	inb_p(wdt_stop);
+}
+
+static ssize_t
+advwdt_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+	if (count) {
+		if (!nowayout) {
+			size_t i;
+
+			adv_expect_close = 0;
+
+			for (i = 0; i != count; i++) {
+				char c;
+				if (get_user(c, buf+i))
+					return -EFAULT;
+				if (c == 'V')
+					adv_expect_close = 42;
+			}
+		}
+		advwdt_ping();
+	}
+	return count;
+}
+
+static int
+advwdt_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
+	  unsigned long arg)
+{
+	int new_timeout;
+	void __user *argp = (void __user *)arg;
+	int __user *p = argp;
+	static struct watchdog_info ident = {
+		.options = WDIOF_KEEPALIVEPING | WDIOF_SETTIMEOUT | WDIOF_MAGICCLOSE,
+		.firmware_version = 1,
+		.identity = "Advantech 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:
+	  advwdt_ping();
+	  break;
+
+	case WDIOC_SETTIMEOUT:
+	  if (get_user(new_timeout, p))
+		  return -EFAULT;
+	  if ((new_timeout < 1) || (new_timeout > 63))
+		  return -EINVAL;
+	  timeout = new_timeout;
+	  advwdt_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) {
+	    advwdt_disable();
+	    retval = 0;
+	  }
+
+	  if (options & WDIOS_ENABLECARD) {
+	    advwdt_ping();
+	    retval = 0;
+	  }
+
+	  return retval;
+	}
+
+	default:
+	  return -ENOIOCTLCMD;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+advwdt_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
+{
+	if (test_and_set_bit(0, &advwdt_is_open))
+		return -EBUSY;
+	/*
+	 *	Activate
+	 */
+
+	advwdt_ping();
+	return nonseekable_open(inode, file);
+}
+
+static int
+advwdt_close(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
+{
+	if (adv_expect_close == 42) {
+		advwdt_disable();
+	} else {
+		printk(KERN_CRIT PFX "Unexpected close, not stopping watchdog!\n");
+		advwdt_ping();
+	}
+	clear_bit(0, &advwdt_is_open);
+	adv_expect_close = 0;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ *	Notifier for system down
+ */
+
+static int
+advwdt_notify_sys(struct notifier_block *this, unsigned long code,
+	void *unused)
+{
+	if (code == SYS_DOWN || code == SYS_HALT) {
+		/* Turn the WDT off */
+		advwdt_disable();
+	}
+	return NOTIFY_DONE;
+}
+
+/*
+ *	Kernel Interfaces
+ */
+
+static struct file_operations advwdt_fops = {
+	.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
+	.llseek		= no_llseek,
+	.write		= advwdt_write,
+	.ioctl		= advwdt_ioctl,
+	.open		= advwdt_open,
+	.release	= advwdt_close,
+};
+
+static struct miscdevice advwdt_miscdev = {
+	.minor = WATCHDOG_MINOR,
+	.name = "watchdog",
+	.fops = &advwdt_fops,
+};
+
+/*
+ *	The WDT needs to learn about soft shutdowns in order to
+ *	turn the timebomb registers off.
+ */
+
+static struct notifier_block advwdt_notifier = {
+	.notifier_call = advwdt_notify_sys,
+};
+
+static int __init
+advwdt_init(void)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	printk(KERN_INFO "WDT driver for Advantech single board computer initialising.\n");
+
+	if (timeout < 1 || timeout > 63) {
+		timeout = WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT;
+		printk (KERN_INFO PFX "timeout value must be 1<=x<=63, using %d\n",
+			timeout);
+	}
+
+	if (wdt_stop != wdt_start) {
+		if (!request_region(wdt_stop, 1, WATCHDOG_NAME)) {
+			printk (KERN_ERR PFX "I/O address 0x%04x already in use\n",
+				wdt_stop);
+			ret = -EIO;
+			goto out;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (!request_region(wdt_start, 1, WATCHDOG_NAME)) {
+		printk (KERN_ERR PFX "I/O address 0x%04x already in use\n",
+			wdt_start);
+		ret = -EIO;
+		goto unreg_stop;
+	}
+
+	ret = register_reboot_notifier(&advwdt_notifier);
+	if (ret != 0) {
+		printk (KERN_ERR PFX "cannot register reboot notifier (err=%d)\n",
+			ret);
+		goto unreg_regions;
+	}
+
+	ret = misc_register(&advwdt_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(&advwdt_notifier);
+unreg_regions:
+	release_region(wdt_start, 1);
+unreg_stop:
+	if (wdt_stop != wdt_start)
+		release_region(wdt_stop, 1);
+	goto out;
+}
+
+static void __exit
+advwdt_exit(void)
+{
+	misc_deregister(&advwdt_miscdev);
+	unregister_reboot_notifier(&advwdt_notifier);
+	if(wdt_stop != wdt_start)
+		release_region(wdt_stop,1);
+	release_region(wdt_start,1);
+}
+
+module_init(advwdt_init);
+module_exit(advwdt_exit);
+
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Marek Michalkiewicz <marekm@linux.org.pl>");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Advantech Single Board Computer WDT driver");
+MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);