Re: [PATCH v4 2/3] watchdog: w83627hf_wdt: Report the probed chip name via WDIOC_GETSUPPORT

Guenter Roeck <[email protected]> Wed, 8 Jul 2026 07:58:37 -0700

Newsgroups	org.kernel.vger.linux-watchdog,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID	<[email protected]>

On Tue, Jul 07, 2026 at 05:45:02PM +0200, Paul Louvel wrote:
> The watchdog identity string reported via WDIOC_GETSUPPORT has always
> been hardcoded to "W83627HF Watchdog", even though this driver supports
> a wide range of Nuvoton/Winbond Super I/O chips.
> 
> This is misleading, since the driver itself correctly log the chip name
> in wdt_init(), but could report later a different chip name with
> WDIOC_GETSUPPORT.
> 
> Instead format the identity at probe time using the actual chip name
> that was detected.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Paul Louvel <[email protected]>

Applied.

Thanks,
Guenter