Hi Andy, > This doesn't describe why we need the driver. We have established ACPI WDAT > table. Can't you utilise it by providing in the firmware? You are right, I did not make that clear. When you say we have established WDAT table do you mean that this should be the mechanism that we use going forward to control watchdogs in ACPI platforms generally or that you know that the WDAT for this specific watchdog is present in the firmware? I wrote the driver because on the two platforms I have access to (a fairly recent LG Gram with an i7 1260p and a Siemens BX51A) by delving into the BIOS options I was not able to find a toggle for them to provide a WDAT table for this watchdog. In fact, on the LG Gram by searching we can get it to pass us a WDAT table but for the iTCO watchdog (at least that is what I gathered from my testing). This means that to the best of my knowledge there are platforms that do not provide a WDAT table for the Over-Clocking Watchdog which then makes this driver necessary. However I am not an expert on this topic so if there are things that I am missing I would be happy to work on a better approach. Thanks, Diogo
