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authordann frazier <dannf@hp.com>2010-06-02 16:23:40 -0600
committerWim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>2010-08-13 20:54:42 +0000
commit6f681c2eabbd8df062963c52abaa0c7c3b2c5a7d (patch)
tree13bf846272f0ff221e0b00cc04e876ff3af06ec8 /drivers/watchdog/hpwdt.c
parente802e32d2b42ce1384baf4e150f444477729aad2 (diff)
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watchdog: hpwdt (7/12): allow full range of timer values supported by hardware
The hpwdt timer is a 16 bit value with 128ms resolution.
Let applications use this entire range.

Signed-off-by: dann frazier <dannf@hp.com>
Acked-by: Thomas Mingarelli <Thomas.Mingarelli@hp.com>
Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>

Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/watchdog/hpwdt.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/watchdog/hpwdt.c5
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/hpwdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/hpwdt.c
index a5d36ae350dd..00299919df39 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/hpwdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/hpwdt.c
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@
 
 #define HPWDT_VERSION			"1.1.1"
 #define SECS_TO_TICKS(secs)		((secs) * 1000 / 128)
+#define TICKS_TO_SECS(ticks)		((ticks) * 128 / 1000)
+#define HPWDT_MAX_TIMER			TICKS_TO_SECS(65535)
 #define DEFAULT_MARGIN			30
 
 static unsigned int soft_margin = DEFAULT_MARGIN;	/* in seconds */
@@ -432,8 +434,7 @@ static void hpwdt_ping(void)
 
 static int hpwdt_change_timer(int new_margin)
 {
-	/* Arbitrary, can't find the card's limits */
-	if (new_margin < 5 || new_margin > 600) {
+	if (new_margin < 1 || new_margin > HPWDT_MAX_TIMER) {
 		printk(KERN_WARNING
 			"hpwdt: New value passed in is invalid: %d seconds.\n",
 			new_margin);