watchdog: iTCO: Drop vendor support

iTCO vendor support was introduced in 2006 to support SuperMicro boards
with Pentium 3 CPUs. It was extended in 2009 to support motherbords
with broken BIOS (specifically Intel DG33TL). The code is long since
obsolete, so let's drop support for it.

Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
Reviewed-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@linux-watchdog.org>
Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@linux-watchdog.org>
This commit is contained in:
Guenter Roeck 2025-11-18 11:29:58 -08:00 committed by Wim Van Sebroeck
parent 3f2d8d79cc
commit 0bf75b9c8a
6 changed files with 2 additions and 258 deletions

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@ -209,13 +209,6 @@ iTCO_wdt:
-------------------------------------------------
iTCO_vendor_support:
vendorsupport:
iTCO vendor specific support mode, default=0 (none),
1=SuperMicro Pent3, 2=SuperMicro Pent4+, 911=Broken SMI BIOS
-------------------------------------------------
ib700wdt:
timeout:
Watchdog timeout in seconds. 0<= timeout <=30, default=30.

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@ -1429,14 +1429,6 @@ config ITCO_WDT
To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
module will be called iTCO_wdt.
config ITCO_VENDOR_SUPPORT
bool "Intel TCO Timer/Watchdog Specific Vendor Support"
depends on ITCO_WDT
help
Add vendor specific support to the intel TCO timer based watchdog
devices. At this moment we only have additional support for some
SuperMicro Inc. motherboards.
config IT8712F_WDT
tristate "IT8712F (Smart Guardian) Watchdog Timer"
depends on (X86 || COMPILE_TEST) && HAS_IOPORT

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@ -127,9 +127,6 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_IE6XX_WDT) += ie6xx_wdt.o
obj-$(CONFIG_ITCO_WDT) += iTCO_wdt.o
obj-$(CONFIG_LENOVO_SE10_WDT) += lenovo_se10_wdt.o
obj-$(CONFIG_LENOVO_SE30_WDT) += lenovo_se30_wdt.o
ifeq ($(CONFIG_ITCO_VENDOR_SUPPORT),y)
obj-$(CONFIG_ITCO_WDT) += iTCO_vendor_support.o
endif
obj-$(CONFIG_IT8712F_WDT) += it8712f_wdt.o
obj-$(CONFIG_IT87_WDT) += it87_wdt.o
obj-$(CONFIG_HP_WATCHDOG) += hpwdt.o

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@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
/* iTCO Vendor Specific Support hooks */
#ifdef CONFIG_ITCO_VENDOR_SUPPORT
extern int iTCO_vendorsupport;
extern void iTCO_vendor_pre_start(struct resource *, unsigned int);
extern void iTCO_vendor_pre_stop(struct resource *);
extern int iTCO_vendor_check_noreboot_on(void);
#else
#define iTCO_vendorsupport 0
#define iTCO_vendor_pre_start(acpibase, heartbeat) {}
#define iTCO_vendor_pre_stop(acpibase) {}
#define iTCO_vendor_check_noreboot_on() 1
/* 1=check noreboot; 0=don't check */
#endif

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@ -1,216 +0,0 @@
// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
/*
* intel TCO vendor specific watchdog driver support
*
* (c) Copyright 2006-2009 Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>.
*
* Neither Wim Van Sebroeck nor Iguana vzw. admit liability nor
* provide warranty for any of this software. This material is
* provided "AS-IS" and at no charge.
*/
/*
* Includes, defines, variables, module parameters, ...
*/
#define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
/* Module and version information */
#define DRV_NAME "iTCO_vendor_support"
#define DRV_VERSION "1.04"
/* Includes */
#include <linux/module.h> /* For module specific items */
#include <linux/moduleparam.h> /* For new moduleparam's */
#include <linux/types.h> /* For standard types (like size_t) */
#include <linux/errno.h> /* For the -ENODEV/... values */
#include <linux/kernel.h> /* For printk/panic/... */
#include <linux/init.h> /* For __init/__exit/... */
#include <linux/ioport.h> /* For io-port access */
#include <linux/io.h> /* For inb/outb/... */
#include "iTCO_vendor.h"
/* List of vendor support modes */
/* SuperMicro Pentium 3 Era 370SSE+-OEM1/P3TSSE */
#define SUPERMICRO_OLD_BOARD 1
/* SuperMicro Pentium 4 / Xeon 4 / EMT64T Era Systems - no longer supported */
#define SUPERMICRO_NEW_BOARD 2
/* Broken BIOS */
#define BROKEN_BIOS 911
int iTCO_vendorsupport;
EXPORT_SYMBOL(iTCO_vendorsupport);
module_param_named(vendorsupport, iTCO_vendorsupport, int, 0);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(vendorsupport, "iTCO vendor specific support mode, default="
"0 (none), 1=SuperMicro Pent3, 911=Broken SMI BIOS");
/*
* Vendor Specific Support
*/
/*
* Vendor Support: 1
* Board: Super Micro Computer Inc. 370SSE+-OEM1/P3TSSE
* iTCO chipset: ICH2
*
* Code contributed by: R. Seretny <lkpatches@paypc.com>
* Documentation obtained by R. Seretny from SuperMicro Technical Support
*
* To enable Watchdog function:
* BIOS setup -> Power -> TCO Logic SMI Enable -> Within5Minutes
* This setting enables SMI to clear the watchdog expired flag.
* If BIOS or CPU fail which may cause SMI hang, then system will
* reboot. When application starts to use watchdog function,
* application has to take over the control from SMI.
*
* For P3TSSE, J36 jumper needs to be removed to enable the Watchdog
* function.
*
* Note: The system will reboot when Expire Flag is set TWICE.
* So, if the watchdog timer is 20 seconds, then the maximum hang
* time is about 40 seconds, and the minimum hang time is about
* 20.6 seconds.
*/
static void supermicro_old_pre_start(struct resource *smires)
{
unsigned long val32;
/* Bit 13: TCO_EN -> 0 = Disables TCO logic generating an SMI# */
val32 = inl(smires->start);
val32 &= 0xffffdfff; /* Turn off SMI clearing watchdog */
outl(val32, smires->start); /* Needed to activate watchdog */
}
static void supermicro_old_pre_stop(struct resource *smires)
{
unsigned long val32;
/* Bit 13: TCO_EN -> 1 = Enables the TCO logic to generate SMI# */
val32 = inl(smires->start);
val32 |= 0x00002000; /* Turn on SMI clearing watchdog */
outl(val32, smires->start); /* Needed to deactivate watchdog */
}
/*
* Vendor Support: 911
* Board: Some Intel ICHx based motherboards
* iTCO chipset: ICH7+
*
* Some Intel motherboards have a broken BIOS implementation: i.e.
* the SMI handler clear's the TIMEOUT bit in the TC01_STS register
* and does not reload the time. Thus the TCO watchdog does not reboot
* the system.
*
* These are the conclusions of Andriy Gapon <avg@icyb.net.ua> after
* debugging: the SMI handler is quite simple - it tests value in
* TCO1_CNT against 0x800, i.e. checks TCO_TMR_HLT. If the bit is set
* the handler goes into an infinite loop, apparently to allow the
* second timeout and reboot. Otherwise it simply clears TIMEOUT bit
* in TCO1_STS and that's it.
* So the logic seems to be reversed, because it is hard to see how
* TIMEOUT can get set to 1 and SMI generated when TCO_TMR_HLT is set
* (other than a transitional effect).
*
* The only fix found to get the motherboard(s) to reboot is to put
* the glb_smi_en bit to 0. This is a dirty hack that bypasses the
* broken code by disabling Global SMI.
*
* WARNING: globally disabling SMI could possibly lead to dramatic
* problems, especially on laptops! I.e. various ACPI things where
* SMI is used for communication between OS and firmware.
*
* Don't use this fix if you don't need to!!!
*/
static void broken_bios_start(struct resource *smires)
{
unsigned long val32;
val32 = inl(smires->start);
/* Bit 13: TCO_EN -> 0 = Disables TCO logic generating an SMI#
Bit 0: GBL_SMI_EN -> 0 = No SMI# will be generated by ICH. */
val32 &= 0xffffdffe;
outl(val32, smires->start);
}
static void broken_bios_stop(struct resource *smires)
{
unsigned long val32;
val32 = inl(smires->start);
/* Bit 13: TCO_EN -> 1 = Enables TCO logic generating an SMI#
Bit 0: GBL_SMI_EN -> 1 = Turn global SMI on again. */
val32 |= 0x00002001;
outl(val32, smires->start);
}
/*
* Generic Support Functions
*/
void iTCO_vendor_pre_start(struct resource *smires,
unsigned int heartbeat)
{
switch (iTCO_vendorsupport) {
case SUPERMICRO_OLD_BOARD:
supermicro_old_pre_start(smires);
break;
case BROKEN_BIOS:
broken_bios_start(smires);
break;
}
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(iTCO_vendor_pre_start);
void iTCO_vendor_pre_stop(struct resource *smires)
{
switch (iTCO_vendorsupport) {
case SUPERMICRO_OLD_BOARD:
supermicro_old_pre_stop(smires);
break;
case BROKEN_BIOS:
broken_bios_stop(smires);
break;
}
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(iTCO_vendor_pre_stop);
int iTCO_vendor_check_noreboot_on(void)
{
switch (iTCO_vendorsupport) {
case SUPERMICRO_OLD_BOARD:
return 0;
default:
return 1;
}
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(iTCO_vendor_check_noreboot_on);
static int __init iTCO_vendor_init_module(void)
{
if (iTCO_vendorsupport == SUPERMICRO_NEW_BOARD) {
pr_warn("Option vendorsupport=%d is no longer supported, "
"please use the w83627hf_wdt driver instead\n",
SUPERMICRO_NEW_BOARD);
return -EINVAL;
}
pr_info("vendor-support=%d\n", iTCO_vendorsupport);
return 0;
}
static void __exit iTCO_vendor_exit_module(void)
{
pr_info("Module Unloaded\n");
}
module_init(iTCO_vendor_init_module);
module_exit(iTCO_vendor_exit_module);
MODULE_AUTHOR("Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>, "
"R. Seretny <lkpatches@paypc.com>");
MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Intel TCO Vendor Specific WatchDog Timer Driver Support");
MODULE_VERSION(DRV_VERSION);
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");

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@ -63,8 +63,6 @@
#include <linux/platform_data/itco_wdt.h>
#include <linux/mfd/intel_pmc_bxt.h>
#include "iTCO_vendor.h"
/* Address definitions for the TCO */
/* TCO base address */
#define TCOBASE(p) ((p)->tco_res->start)
@ -283,8 +281,6 @@ static int iTCO_wdt_start(struct watchdog_device *wd_dev)
struct iTCO_wdt_private *p = watchdog_get_drvdata(wd_dev);
unsigned int val;
iTCO_vendor_pre_start(p->smi_res, wd_dev->timeout);
/* disable chipset's NO_REBOOT bit */
if (p->update_no_reboot_bit(p->no_reboot_priv, false)) {
dev_err(wd_dev->parent, "failed to reset NO_REBOOT flag, reboot disabled by hardware/BIOS\n");
@ -314,8 +310,6 @@ static int iTCO_wdt_stop(struct watchdog_device *wd_dev)
struct iTCO_wdt_private *p = watchdog_get_drvdata(wd_dev);
unsigned int val;
iTCO_vendor_pre_stop(p->smi_res);
/* Bit 11: TCO Timer Halt -> 1 = The TCO timer is disabled */
val = inw(TCO1_CNT(p));
val |= 0x0800;
@ -488,8 +482,7 @@ static int iTCO_wdt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
(u64)SMI_EN(p));
return -EBUSY;
}
} else if (iTCO_vendorsupport ||
turn_SMI_watchdog_clear_off >= p->iTCO_version) {
} else if (turn_SMI_watchdog_clear_off >= p->iTCO_version) {
dev_err(dev, "SMI I/O resource is missing\n");
return -ENODEV;
}
@ -508,8 +501,7 @@ static int iTCO_wdt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
}
/* Check chipset's NO_REBOOT bit */
if (p->update_no_reboot_bit(p->no_reboot_priv, false) &&
iTCO_vendor_check_noreboot_on()) {
if (p->update_no_reboot_bit(p->no_reboot_priv, false)) {
dev_info(dev, "unable to reset NO_REBOOT flag, device disabled by hardware/BIOS\n");
return -ENODEV; /* Cannot reset NO_REBOOT bit */
}