2021-06-05 17:07:55

by Romain Perier

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Subject: [PATCH v3 2/3] watchdog: Add Mstar MSC313e WDT driver

From: Daniel Palmer <[email protected]>

It adds a driver for the IP block handling the watchdog timer found for
Mstar MSC313e SoCs and newer.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Palmer <[email protected]>
Co-developed-by: Romain Perier <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Romain Perier <[email protected]>
---
MAINTAINERS | 1 +
drivers/watchdog/Kconfig | 12 +++
drivers/watchdog/Makefile | 1 +
drivers/watchdog/msc313e_wdt.c | 166 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
4 files changed, 180 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 drivers/watchdog/msc313e_wdt.c

diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index a0f37adb9e64..fcc10c57298c 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -2177,6 +2177,7 @@ F: arch/arm/mach-mstar/
F: drivers/clk/mstar/
F: drivers/gpio/gpio-msc313.c
F: drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-msc313.c
+F: drivers/watchdog/msc313e_wdt.c
F: include/dt-bindings/clock/mstar-*
F: include/dt-bindings/gpio/msc313-gpio.h
F: include/soc/mstar/
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig b/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
index 355100dad60a..4af84df1ce22 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
@@ -980,6 +980,18 @@ config VISCONTI_WATCHDOG
Say Y here to include support for the watchdog timer in Toshiba
Visconti SoCs.

+config MSC313E_WATCHDOG
+ tristate "MStar MSC313e watchdog"
+ depends on ARCH_MSTARV7 || COMPILE_TEST
+ select WATCHDOG_CORE
+ help
+ Say Y here to include support for the Watchdog timer embedded
+ into MStar MSC313e chips. This will reboot your system when the
+ timeout is reached.
+
+ To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
+ module will be called msc313e_wdt.
+
# X86 (i386 + ia64 + x86_64) Architecture

config ACQUIRE_WDT
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/Makefile b/drivers/watchdog/Makefile
index a7eade8b4d45..7fa392ae3000 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/Makefile
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_SPRD_WATCHDOG) += sprd_wdt.o
obj-$(CONFIG_PM8916_WATCHDOG) += pm8916_wdt.o
obj-$(CONFIG_ARM_SMC_WATCHDOG) += arm_smc_wdt.o
obj-$(CONFIG_VISCONTI_WATCHDOG) += visconti_wdt.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_MSC313E_WATCHDOG) += msc313e_wdt.o

# X86 (i386 + ia64 + x86_64) Architecture
obj-$(CONFIG_ACQUIRE_WDT) += acquirewdt.o
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/msc313e_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/msc313e_wdt.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0d497aa0fb7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/msc313e_wdt.c
@@ -0,0 +1,166 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * MStar WDT driver
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 - 2021 Daniel Palmer
+ * Copyright (C) 2021 Romain Perier
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <linux/clk.h>
+#include <linux/io.h>
+#include <linux/mod_devicetable.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/platform_device.h>
+#include <linux/watchdog.h>
+
+#define REG_WDT_CLR 0x0
+#define REG_WDT_MAX_PRD_L 0x10
+#define REG_WDT_MAX_PRD_H 0x14
+
+#define MSC313E_WDT_MIN_TIMEOUT 1
+#define MSC313E_WDT_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT 30
+
+static unsigned int timeout;
+
+module_param(timeout, int, 0);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(timeout, "Watchdog timeout in seconds");
+
+struct msc313e_wdt_priv {
+ void __iomem *base;
+ struct watchdog_device wdev;
+ struct clk *clk;
+};
+
+static int msc313e_wdt_start(struct watchdog_device *wdev)
+{
+ struct msc313e_wdt_priv *priv = watchdog_get_drvdata(wdev);
+ u32 timeout;
+ int err;
+
+ err = clk_prepare_enable(priv->clk);
+ if (err)
+ return err;
+
+ timeout = wdev->timeout * clk_get_rate(priv->clk);
+ writew(timeout & 0xffff, priv->base + REG_WDT_MAX_PRD_L);
+ writew((timeout >> 16) & 0xffff, priv->base + REG_WDT_MAX_PRD_H);
+ writew(1, priv->base + REG_WDT_CLR);
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static int msc313e_wdt_ping(struct watchdog_device *wdev)
+{
+ struct msc313e_wdt_priv *priv = watchdog_get_drvdata(wdev);
+
+ writew(1, priv->base + REG_WDT_CLR);
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static int msc313e_wdt_stop(struct watchdog_device *wdev)
+{
+ struct msc313e_wdt_priv *priv = watchdog_get_drvdata(wdev);
+
+ writew(0, priv->base + REG_WDT_MAX_PRD_L);
+ writew(0, priv->base + REG_WDT_MAX_PRD_H);
+ writew(0, priv->base + REG_WDT_CLR);
+ clk_disable_unprepare(priv->clk);
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static int msc313e_wdt_settimeout(struct watchdog_device *wdev, unsigned int new_time)
+{
+ wdev->timeout = new_time;
+
+ return msc313e_wdt_start(wdev);
+}
+
+static const struct watchdog_info msc313e_wdt_ident = {
+ .identity = "MSC313e watchdog",
+ .options = WDIOF_MAGICCLOSE | WDIOF_KEEPALIVEPING | WDIOF_SETTIMEOUT,
+};
+
+static const struct watchdog_ops msc313e_wdt_ops = {
+ .owner = THIS_MODULE,
+ .start = msc313e_wdt_start,
+ .stop = msc313e_wdt_stop,
+ .ping = msc313e_wdt_ping,
+ .set_timeout = msc313e_wdt_settimeout,
+};
+
+static const struct of_device_id msc313e_wdt_of_match[] = {
+ { .compatible = "mstar,msc313e-wdt", },
+ { /* sentinel */ }
+};
+MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, msc313e_wdt_of_match);
+
+static int msc313e_wdt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
+{
+ struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
+ struct msc313e_wdt_priv *priv;
+
+ priv = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*priv), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!priv)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ priv->base = devm_platform_ioremap_resource(pdev, 0);
+ if (IS_ERR(priv->base))
+ return PTR_ERR(priv->base);
+
+ priv->clk = devm_clk_get(dev, NULL);
+ if (IS_ERR(priv->clk)) {
+ dev_err(dev, "No input clock\n");
+ return PTR_ERR(priv->clk);
+ }
+
+ priv->wdev.info = &msc313e_wdt_ident,
+ priv->wdev.ops = &msc313e_wdt_ops,
+ priv->wdev.parent = dev;
+ priv->wdev.min_timeout = MSC313E_WDT_MIN_TIMEOUT;
+ priv->wdev.max_timeout = U32_MAX / clk_get_rate(priv->clk);
+ priv->wdev.timeout = MSC313E_WDT_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT;
+
+ watchdog_set_drvdata(&priv->wdev, priv);
+
+ watchdog_init_timeout(&priv->wdev, timeout, dev);
+ watchdog_stop_on_reboot(&priv->wdev);
+ watchdog_stop_on_unregister(&priv->wdev);
+
+ return devm_watchdog_register_device(dev, &priv->wdev);
+}
+
+static int __maybe_unused msc313e_wdt_suspend(struct device *dev)
+{
+ struct msc313e_wdt_priv *priv = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
+
+ if (watchdog_active(&priv->wdev))
+ msc313e_wdt_stop(&priv->wdev);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static int __maybe_unused msc313e_wdt_resume(struct device *dev)
+{
+ struct msc313e_wdt_priv *priv = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
+
+ if (watchdog_active(&priv->wdev))
+ msc313e_wdt_start(&priv->wdev);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static SIMPLE_DEV_PM_OPS(msc313e_wdt_pm_ops, msc313e_wdt_suspend, msc313e_wdt_resume);
+
+static struct platform_driver msc313e_wdt_driver = {
+ .driver = {
+ .name = "msc313e-wdt",
+ .of_match_table = msc313e_wdt_of_match,
+ .pm = &msc313e_wdt_pm_ops,
+ },
+ .probe = msc313e_wdt_probe,
+};
+module_platform_driver(msc313e_wdt_driver);
+
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Daniel Palmer <[email protected]>");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Watchdog driver for MStar MSC313e");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
--
2.30.2


2021-06-05 20:28:31

by Guenter Roeck

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/3] watchdog: Add Mstar MSC313e WDT driver

On Sat, Jun 05, 2021 at 07:04:40PM +0200, Romain Perier wrote:
> From: Daniel Palmer <[email protected]>
>
> It adds a driver for the IP block handling the watchdog timer found for
> Mstar MSC313e SoCs and newer.
>
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Palmer <[email protected]>
> Co-developed-by: Romain Perier <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Romain Perier <[email protected]>

Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <[email protected]>

> ---
> MAINTAINERS | 1 +
> drivers/watchdog/Kconfig | 12 +++
> drivers/watchdog/Makefile | 1 +
> drivers/watchdog/msc313e_wdt.c | 166 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 4 files changed, 180 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 drivers/watchdog/msc313e_wdt.c
>
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index a0f37adb9e64..fcc10c57298c 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -2177,6 +2177,7 @@ F: arch/arm/mach-mstar/
> F: drivers/clk/mstar/
> F: drivers/gpio/gpio-msc313.c
> F: drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-msc313.c
> +F: drivers/watchdog/msc313e_wdt.c
> F: include/dt-bindings/clock/mstar-*
> F: include/dt-bindings/gpio/msc313-gpio.h
> F: include/soc/mstar/
> diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig b/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
> index 355100dad60a..4af84df1ce22 100644
> --- a/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
> @@ -980,6 +980,18 @@ config VISCONTI_WATCHDOG
> Say Y here to include support for the watchdog timer in Toshiba
> Visconti SoCs.
>
> +config MSC313E_WATCHDOG
> + tristate "MStar MSC313e watchdog"
> + depends on ARCH_MSTARV7 || COMPILE_TEST
> + select WATCHDOG_CORE
> + help
> + Say Y here to include support for the Watchdog timer embedded
> + into MStar MSC313e chips. This will reboot your system when the
> + timeout is reached.
> +
> + To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
> + module will be called msc313e_wdt.
> +
> # X86 (i386 + ia64 + x86_64) Architecture
>
> config ACQUIRE_WDT
> diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/Makefile b/drivers/watchdog/Makefile
> index a7eade8b4d45..7fa392ae3000 100644
> --- a/drivers/watchdog/Makefile
> +++ b/drivers/watchdog/Makefile
> @@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_SPRD_WATCHDOG) += sprd_wdt.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_PM8916_WATCHDOG) += pm8916_wdt.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_ARM_SMC_WATCHDOG) += arm_smc_wdt.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_VISCONTI_WATCHDOG) += visconti_wdt.o
> +obj-$(CONFIG_MSC313E_WATCHDOG) += msc313e_wdt.o
>
> # X86 (i386 + ia64 + x86_64) Architecture
> obj-$(CONFIG_ACQUIRE_WDT) += acquirewdt.o
> diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/msc313e_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/msc313e_wdt.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..0d497aa0fb7d
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/drivers/watchdog/msc313e_wdt.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,166 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +/*
> + * MStar WDT driver
> + *
> + * Copyright (C) 2019 - 2021 Daniel Palmer
> + * Copyright (C) 2021 Romain Perier
> + *
> + */
> +
> +#include <linux/clk.h>
> +#include <linux/io.h>
> +#include <linux/mod_devicetable.h>
> +#include <linux/module.h>
> +#include <linux/platform_device.h>
> +#include <linux/watchdog.h>
> +
> +#define REG_WDT_CLR 0x0
> +#define REG_WDT_MAX_PRD_L 0x10
> +#define REG_WDT_MAX_PRD_H 0x14
> +
> +#define MSC313E_WDT_MIN_TIMEOUT 1
> +#define MSC313E_WDT_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT 30
> +
> +static unsigned int timeout;
> +
> +module_param(timeout, int, 0);
> +MODULE_PARM_DESC(timeout, "Watchdog timeout in seconds");
> +
> +struct msc313e_wdt_priv {
> + void __iomem *base;
> + struct watchdog_device wdev;
> + struct clk *clk;
> +};
> +
> +static int msc313e_wdt_start(struct watchdog_device *wdev)
> +{
> + struct msc313e_wdt_priv *priv = watchdog_get_drvdata(wdev);
> + u32 timeout;
> + int err;
> +
> + err = clk_prepare_enable(priv->clk);
> + if (err)
> + return err;
> +
> + timeout = wdev->timeout * clk_get_rate(priv->clk);
> + writew(timeout & 0xffff, priv->base + REG_WDT_MAX_PRD_L);
> + writew((timeout >> 16) & 0xffff, priv->base + REG_WDT_MAX_PRD_H);
> + writew(1, priv->base + REG_WDT_CLR);
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> +static int msc313e_wdt_ping(struct watchdog_device *wdev)
> +{
> + struct msc313e_wdt_priv *priv = watchdog_get_drvdata(wdev);
> +
> + writew(1, priv->base + REG_WDT_CLR);
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> +static int msc313e_wdt_stop(struct watchdog_device *wdev)
> +{
> + struct msc313e_wdt_priv *priv = watchdog_get_drvdata(wdev);
> +
> + writew(0, priv->base + REG_WDT_MAX_PRD_L);
> + writew(0, priv->base + REG_WDT_MAX_PRD_H);
> + writew(0, priv->base + REG_WDT_CLR);
> + clk_disable_unprepare(priv->clk);
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> +static int msc313e_wdt_settimeout(struct watchdog_device *wdev, unsigned int new_time)
> +{
> + wdev->timeout = new_time;
> +
> + return msc313e_wdt_start(wdev);
> +}
> +
> +static const struct watchdog_info msc313e_wdt_ident = {
> + .identity = "MSC313e watchdog",
> + .options = WDIOF_MAGICCLOSE | WDIOF_KEEPALIVEPING | WDIOF_SETTIMEOUT,
> +};
> +
> +static const struct watchdog_ops msc313e_wdt_ops = {
> + .owner = THIS_MODULE,
> + .start = msc313e_wdt_start,
> + .stop = msc313e_wdt_stop,
> + .ping = msc313e_wdt_ping,
> + .set_timeout = msc313e_wdt_settimeout,
> +};
> +
> +static const struct of_device_id msc313e_wdt_of_match[] = {
> + { .compatible = "mstar,msc313e-wdt", },
> + { /* sentinel */ }
> +};
> +MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, msc313e_wdt_of_match);
> +
> +static int msc313e_wdt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> +{
> + struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
> + struct msc313e_wdt_priv *priv;
> +
> + priv = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*priv), GFP_KERNEL);
> + if (!priv)
> + return -ENOMEM;
> +
> + priv->base = devm_platform_ioremap_resource(pdev, 0);
> + if (IS_ERR(priv->base))
> + return PTR_ERR(priv->base);
> +
> + priv->clk = devm_clk_get(dev, NULL);
> + if (IS_ERR(priv->clk)) {
> + dev_err(dev, "No input clock\n");
> + return PTR_ERR(priv->clk);
> + }
> +
> + priv->wdev.info = &msc313e_wdt_ident,
> + priv->wdev.ops = &msc313e_wdt_ops,
> + priv->wdev.parent = dev;
> + priv->wdev.min_timeout = MSC313E_WDT_MIN_TIMEOUT;
> + priv->wdev.max_timeout = U32_MAX / clk_get_rate(priv->clk);
> + priv->wdev.timeout = MSC313E_WDT_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT;
> +
> + watchdog_set_drvdata(&priv->wdev, priv);
> +
> + watchdog_init_timeout(&priv->wdev, timeout, dev);
> + watchdog_stop_on_reboot(&priv->wdev);
> + watchdog_stop_on_unregister(&priv->wdev);
> +
> + return devm_watchdog_register_device(dev, &priv->wdev);
> +}
> +
> +static int __maybe_unused msc313e_wdt_suspend(struct device *dev)
> +{
> + struct msc313e_wdt_priv *priv = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
> +
> + if (watchdog_active(&priv->wdev))
> + msc313e_wdt_stop(&priv->wdev);
> +
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> +static int __maybe_unused msc313e_wdt_resume(struct device *dev)
> +{
> + struct msc313e_wdt_priv *priv = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
> +
> + if (watchdog_active(&priv->wdev))
> + msc313e_wdt_start(&priv->wdev);
> +
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> +static SIMPLE_DEV_PM_OPS(msc313e_wdt_pm_ops, msc313e_wdt_suspend, msc313e_wdt_resume);
> +
> +static struct platform_driver msc313e_wdt_driver = {
> + .driver = {
> + .name = "msc313e-wdt",
> + .of_match_table = msc313e_wdt_of_match,
> + .pm = &msc313e_wdt_pm_ops,
> + },
> + .probe = msc313e_wdt_probe,
> +};
> +module_platform_driver(msc313e_wdt_driver);
> +
> +MODULE_AUTHOR("Daniel Palmer <[email protected]>");
> +MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Watchdog driver for MStar MSC313e");
> +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
> --
> 2.30.2
>

2021-06-11 10:37:03

by Guenter Roeck

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/3] watchdog: Add Mstar MSC313e WDT driver

On Sat, Jun 05, 2021 at 07:04:40PM +0200, Romain Perier wrote:
> From: Daniel Palmer <[email protected]>
>
> It adds a driver for the IP block handling the watchdog timer found for
> Mstar MSC313e SoCs and newer.
>
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Palmer <[email protected]>
> Co-developed-by: Romain Perier <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Romain Perier <[email protected]>
> Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <[email protected]>
> ---
> MAINTAINERS | 1 +

I tried to apply this patch to my tree, but it doesn't apply because ...

> drivers/watchdog/Kconfig | 12 +++
> drivers/watchdog/Makefile | 1 +
> drivers/watchdog/msc313e_wdt.c | 166 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 4 files changed, 180 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 drivers/watchdog/msc313e_wdt.c
>
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index a0f37adb9e64..fcc10c57298c 100644

a0f37adb9e64 is not an upstream SHA and there is a conflict. Please resend
the series based on some upstream tag.

Guenter

2021-06-11 14:39:54

by Romain Perier

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/3] watchdog: Add Mstar MSC313e WDT driver

Le ven. 11 juin 2021 à 12:34, Guenter Roeck <[email protected]> a écrit :
>
> On Sat, Jun 05, 2021 at 07:04:40PM +0200, Romain Perier wrote:
> > From: Daniel Palmer <[email protected]>
> >
> > It adds a driver for the IP block handling the watchdog timer found for
> > Mstar MSC313e SoCs and newer.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Daniel Palmer <[email protected]>
> > Co-developed-by: Romain Perier <[email protected]>
> > Signed-off-by: Romain Perier <[email protected]>
> > Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <[email protected]>
> > ---
> > MAINTAINERS | 1 +
>
> I tried to apply this patch to my tree, but it doesn't apply because ...
>
> > drivers/watchdog/Kconfig | 12 +++
> > drivers/watchdog/Makefile | 1 +
> > drivers/watchdog/msc313e_wdt.c | 166 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > 4 files changed, 180 insertions(+)
> > create mode 100644 drivers/watchdog/msc313e_wdt.c
> >
> > diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> > index a0f37adb9e64..fcc10c57298c 100644
>
> a0f37adb9e64 is not an upstream SHA and there is a conflict. Please resend
> the series based on some upstream tag.
>
> Guenter

Arf, I will rebase and resend then, my bad. It is okay if I rebase the
series onto https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/groeck/linux-staging.git
, branch watchdog-next ?

Romain

2021-06-11 15:15:19

by Guenter Roeck

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/3] watchdog: Add Mstar MSC313e WDT driver

On Fri, Jun 11, 2021 at 04:35:33PM +0200, Romain Perier wrote:
> Le ven. 11 juin 2021 ? 12:34, Guenter Roeck <[email protected]> a ?crit :
> >
> > On Sat, Jun 05, 2021 at 07:04:40PM +0200, Romain Perier wrote:
> > > From: Daniel Palmer <[email protected]>
> > >
> > > It adds a driver for the IP block handling the watchdog timer found for
> > > Mstar MSC313e SoCs and newer.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Daniel Palmer <[email protected]>
> > > Co-developed-by: Romain Perier <[email protected]>
> > > Signed-off-by: Romain Perier <[email protected]>
> > > Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <[email protected]>
> > > ---
> > > MAINTAINERS | 1 +
> >
> > I tried to apply this patch to my tree, but it doesn't apply because ...
> >
> > > drivers/watchdog/Kconfig | 12 +++
> > > drivers/watchdog/Makefile | 1 +
> > > drivers/watchdog/msc313e_wdt.c | 166 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > > 4 files changed, 180 insertions(+)
> > > create mode 100644 drivers/watchdog/msc313e_wdt.c
> > >
> > > diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> > > index a0f37adb9e64..fcc10c57298c 100644
> >
> > a0f37adb9e64 is not an upstream SHA and there is a conflict. Please resend
> > the series based on some upstream tag.
> >
> > Guenter
>
> Arf, I will rebase and resend then, my bad. It is okay if I rebase the
> series onto https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/groeck/linux-staging.git
> , branch watchdog-next ?
>
Please just base it on the latest upstream release tag (currently v5.13-rc5).
Git can handle it as long as the base tag is stable.

Thanks,
Guenter