If the driver is built as a module, autoload won't work because the module
alias information is not filled. So user-space can't match the registered
device with the corresponding module.
Export the module alias information using the MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE() macro.
Before this patch:
$ $ modinfo drivers/watchdog/max77620_wdt.ko | grep alias
$
After this patch:
modinfo drivers/watchdog/max77620_wdt.ko | grep alias
alias: platform:max77620-watchdog
Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@osg.samsung.com>
Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
Maxim PMIC MAX77620 is Power management IC which have multiple
sub blocks like regulators (DCDC/LDOs), GPIO, RTC, Clock, Watchdog
timer etc.
Add the driver for watchdog timer under watchdog framework.
The driver implements the watchdog callbacks to start, stop,
ping and set timeout for watchodg framework.
Signed-off-by: Laxman Dewangan <ldewangan@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>
