--- a/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
@@ -343,6 +343,13 @@ config IMX2_WDT
 	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
 	  module will be called imx2_wdt.
 
+config FA_WATCHDOG
+	tristate "Faraday watchdog"
+	depends on ARCH_GEMINI
+	help
+	  Say Y here if you want support for the built-in watchdog timer
+	  found in some Faraday FA526 based SoCs.
+
 # AVR32 Architecture
 
 config AT32AP700X_WDT
--- a/drivers/watchdog/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/Makefile
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_STMP3XXX_WATCHDOG) += stmp3
 obj-$(CONFIG_NUC900_WATCHDOG) += nuc900_wdt.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_TS72XX_WATCHDOG) += ts72xx_wdt.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_IMX2_WDT) += imx2_wdt.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_FA_WATCHDOG) += fa_wdt.o
 
 # AVR32 Architecture
 obj-$(CONFIG_AT32AP700X_WDT) += at32ap700x_wdt.o
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/fa_wdt.c
@@ -0,0 +1,413 @@
+/*
+ *  Watchdog driver for SoCs based on the Faraday FA526 core
+ *
+ *  Copyright (C) 2009 Paulius Zaleckas <paulius.zaleckas@teltonika.lt>
+ *  Copyright (C) 2010-2012 Gabor Juhos <juhosg@openwrt.org>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/io.h>
+#include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/notifier.h>
+#include <linux/reboot.h>
+#include <linux/uaccess.h>
+#include <linux/miscdevice.h>
+#include <linux/platform_device.h>
+#include <linux/watchdog.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/fa_wdt.h>
+
+#define FA_WDCOUNTER		0x0
+#define FA_WDLOAD		0x4
+#define FA_WDRESTART		0x8
+
+#define WDRESTART_MAGIC		0x5AB9
+
+#define FA_WDCR			0xC
+
+#define WDCR_CLOCK_5MHZ		(1 << 4)
+#define WDCR_SYS_RST		(1 << 1)
+#define WDCR_ENABLE		(1 << 0)
+
+#define WDT_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT	13
+
+/* status bits */
+#define WDT_ACTIVE		0
+#define WDT_OK_TO_CLOSE		1
+
+static unsigned int timeout = WDT_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT;
+static int nowayout = WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT;
+
+static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(fa_wdt_lock);
+
+static struct platform_device *fa_wdt_dev;
+
+struct fa_wdt_struct {
+	struct resource		*res;
+	struct device		*dev;
+	void __iomem		*base;
+	unsigned long		status;
+	unsigned int		clock;
+	unsigned int		max_timeout;
+};
+
+static const struct watchdog_info fa_wdt_info = {
+	.identity	= "Faraday watchdog",
+	.options	= WDIOF_MAGICCLOSE | WDIOF_KEEPALIVEPING |
+			  WDIOF_SETTIMEOUT,
+};
+
+/* Disable the watchdog. */
+static void fa_wdt_stop(struct fa_wdt_struct *fa_wdt)
+{
+	spin_lock(&fa_wdt_lock);
+
+	__raw_writel(0, fa_wdt->base + FA_WDCR);
+
+	clear_bit(WDT_ACTIVE, &fa_wdt->status);
+
+	spin_unlock(&fa_wdt_lock);
+}
+
+/* Service the watchdog */
+static void fa_wdt_service(struct fa_wdt_struct *fa_wdt)
+{
+	__raw_writel(WDRESTART_MAGIC, fa_wdt->base + FA_WDRESTART);
+}
+
+/* Enable and reset the watchdog. */
+static void fa_wdt_start(struct fa_wdt_struct *fa_wdt)
+{
+	spin_lock(&fa_wdt_lock);
+
+	__raw_writel(timeout * fa_wdt->clock,
+		     fa_wdt->base + FA_WDLOAD);
+
+	fa_wdt_service(fa_wdt);
+
+	/* set clock before enabling */
+	__raw_writel(WDCR_CLOCK_5MHZ | WDCR_SYS_RST,
+			fa_wdt->base + FA_WDCR);
+
+	__raw_writel(WDCR_CLOCK_5MHZ | WDCR_SYS_RST | WDCR_ENABLE,
+			fa_wdt->base + FA_WDCR);
+
+	set_bit(WDT_ACTIVE, &fa_wdt->status);
+
+	spin_unlock(&fa_wdt_lock);
+}
+
+/* Watchdog device is opened, and watchdog starts running. */
+static int fa_wdt_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
+{
+	struct fa_wdt_struct *fa_wdt = platform_get_drvdata(fa_wdt_dev);
+
+	if (test_bit(WDT_ACTIVE, &fa_wdt->status))
+		return -EBUSY;
+
+	file->private_data = fa_wdt;
+
+	fa_wdt_start(fa_wdt);
+
+	return nonseekable_open(inode, file);
+}
+
+/* Close the watchdog device. */
+static int fa_wdt_close(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
+{
+	struct fa_wdt_struct *fa_wdt = file->private_data;
+
+	/* Disable the watchdog if possible */
+	if (test_bit(WDT_OK_TO_CLOSE, &fa_wdt->status))
+		fa_wdt_stop(fa_wdt);
+	else
+		dev_warn(fa_wdt->dev, "Device closed unexpectedly - timer will not stop\n");
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/* Handle commands from user-space. */
+static long fa_wdt_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
+			 unsigned long arg)
+{
+	struct fa_wdt_struct *fa_wdt = file->private_data;
+
+	int value;
+
+	switch (cmd) {
+	case WDIOC_KEEPALIVE:
+		fa_wdt_service(fa_wdt);
+		return 0;
+
+	case WDIOC_GETSUPPORT:
+		return copy_to_user((struct watchdog_info *)arg, &fa_wdt_info,
+			sizeof(fa_wdt_info)) ? -EFAULT : 0;
+
+	case WDIOC_SETTIMEOUT:
+		if (get_user(value, (int *)arg))
+			return -EFAULT;
+
+		if ((value < 1) || (value > fa_wdt->max_timeout))
+			return -EINVAL;
+
+		timeout = value;
+
+		/* restart wdt to use new timeout */
+		fa_wdt_stop(fa_wdt);
+		fa_wdt_start(fa_wdt);
+
+		/* Fall through */
+	case WDIOC_GETTIMEOUT:
+		return put_user(timeout, (int *)arg);
+
+	case WDIOC_GETTIMELEFT:
+		value = __raw_readl(fa_wdt->base + FA_WDCOUNTER);
+		return put_user(value / fa_wdt->clock, (int *)arg);
+
+	default:
+		return -ENOTTY;
+	}
+}
+
+/* Refresh the watchdog whenever device is written to. */
+static ssize_t fa_wdt_write(struct file *file, const char *data,
+			    size_t len, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+	struct fa_wdt_struct *fa_wdt = file->private_data;
+
+	if (len) {
+		if (!nowayout) {
+			size_t i;
+
+			clear_bit(WDT_OK_TO_CLOSE, &fa_wdt->status);
+			for (i = 0; i != len; i++) {
+				char c;
+
+				if (get_user(c, data + i))
+					return -EFAULT;
+				if (c == 'V')
+					set_bit(WDT_OK_TO_CLOSE,
+						&fa_wdt->status);
+			}
+		}
+		fa_wdt_service(fa_wdt);
+	}
+
+	return len;
+}
+
+static int fa_wdt_notify_sys(struct notifier_block *this,
+			     unsigned long code, void *unused)
+{
+	struct fa_wdt_struct *fa_wdt = platform_get_drvdata(fa_wdt_dev);
+
+	if (code == SYS_DOWN || code == SYS_HALT)
+		fa_wdt_stop(fa_wdt);
+
+	return NOTIFY_DONE;
+}
+
+static struct notifier_block fa_wdt_notifier = {
+	.notifier_call = fa_wdt_notify_sys,
+};
+
+static const struct file_operations fa_wdt_fops = {
+	.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
+	.llseek		= no_llseek,
+	.unlocked_ioctl	= fa_wdt_ioctl,
+	.open		= fa_wdt_open,
+	.release	= fa_wdt_close,
+	.write		= fa_wdt_write,
+};
+
+static struct miscdevice fa_wdt_miscdev = {
+	.minor		= WATCHDOG_MINOR,
+	.name		= "watchdog",
+	.fops		= &fa_wdt_fops,
+};
+
+static void fa_wdt_shutdown(struct platform_device *pdev)
+{
+	struct fa_wdt_struct *fa_wdt = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
+
+	fa_wdt_stop(fa_wdt);
+}
+
+static int __devinit fa_wdt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
+{
+	int ret;
+	int res_size;
+	struct resource *res;
+	void __iomem *base;
+	struct fa_wdt_struct *fa_wdt;
+	struct fa_wdt_platform_data *pdata;
+
+	pdata = pdev->dev.platform_data;
+	if (!pdata) {
+		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "no platform data specified\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	if (!pdata->clock) {
+		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "invalid clock value\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
+	if (!res) {
+		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "can't get device resources\n");
+		return -ENODEV;
+	}
+
+	res_size = resource_size(res);
+	if (!request_mem_region(res->start, res_size, res->name)) {
+		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "can't allocate %d bytes at %d address\n",
+			res_size, res->start);
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	base = ioremap(res->start, res_size);
+	if (!base) {
+		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "ioremap failed\n");
+		ret = -EIO;
+		goto fail0;
+	}
+
+	fa_wdt = kzalloc(sizeof(struct fa_wdt_struct), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!fa_wdt) {
+		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "can't allocate interface\n");
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto fail1;
+	}
+
+	/* Setup fa_wdt driver structure */
+	fa_wdt->base = base;
+	fa_wdt->res = res;
+	fa_wdt->dev = &pdev->dev;
+	fa_wdt->clock = pdata->clock;
+	fa_wdt->max_timeout = 0xffffffffU / pdata->clock;
+
+	/* Set up platform driver data */
+	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, fa_wdt);
+	fa_wdt_dev = pdev;
+
+	if (fa_wdt_miscdev.parent) {
+		ret = -EBUSY;
+		goto fail2;
+	}
+
+	ret = register_reboot_notifier(&fa_wdt_notifier);
+	if (ret)
+		goto fail2;
+
+	fa_wdt_miscdev.parent = &pdev->dev;
+
+	ret = misc_register(&fa_wdt_miscdev);
+	if (ret)
+		goto fail3;
+
+	return 0;
+
+fail3:
+	unregister_reboot_notifier(&fa_wdt_notifier);
+fail2:
+	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, NULL);
+	kfree(fa_wdt);
+fail1:
+	iounmap(base);
+fail0:
+	release_mem_region(res->start, res_size);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int __devexit fa_wdt_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
+{
+	struct fa_wdt_struct *fa_wdt = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
+
+	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, NULL);
+	misc_deregister(&fa_wdt_miscdev);
+	unregister_reboot_notifier(&fa_wdt_notifier);
+	fa_wdt_dev = NULL;
+	iounmap(fa_wdt->base);
+	release_mem_region(fa_wdt->res->start, resource_size(fa_wdt->res));
+
+	kfree(fa_wdt);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_PM
+static int fa_wdt_suspend(struct platform_device *pdev, pm_message_t message)
+{
+	struct fa_wdt_struct *fa_wdt = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
+	unsigned int reg;
+
+	reg = __raw_readw(fa_wdt->base + FA_WDCR);
+	reg &= ~(WDCR_WDENABLE);
+	__raw_writel(reg, fa_wdt->base + FA_WDCR);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int fa_wdt_resume(struct platform_device *pdev)
+{
+	struct fa_wdt_struct *fa_wdt = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
+	unsigned int reg;
+
+	if (fa_wdt->status) {
+		reg = __raw_readw(fa_wdt->base + FA_WDCR);
+		reg |= WDCR_WDENABLE;
+		__raw_writel(reg, fa_wdt->base + FA_WDCR);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+#else
+#define fa_wdt_suspend	NULL
+#define fa_wdt_resume	NULL
+#endif
+
+static struct platform_driver fa_wdt_driver = {
+	.probe		= fa_wdt_probe,
+	.remove		= __devexit_p(fa_wdt_remove),
+	.shutdown	= fa_wdt_shutdown,
+	.suspend	= fa_wdt_suspend,
+	.resume		= fa_wdt_resume,
+	.driver		= {
+		.name	= "fa-wdt",
+		.owner	= THIS_MODULE,
+	},
+};
+
+static int __init fa_wdt_init(void)
+{
+	return platform_driver_probe(&fa_wdt_driver, fa_wdt_probe);
+}
+
+static void __exit fa_wdt_exit(void)
+{
+	platform_driver_unregister(&fa_wdt_driver);
+}
+
+module_init(fa_wdt_init);
+module_exit(fa_wdt_exit);
+
+module_param(timeout, uint, 0);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(timeout, "Watchdog timeout in seconds");
+
+module_param(nowayout, int, 0);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(nowayout, "Watchdog cannot be stopped once started");
+
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Paulius Zaleckas");
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Gabor Juhos");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Watchdog driver for Faraday FA526 based SoCs");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
+MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:fa-wdt");
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/fa_wdt.h
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+/*
+ * Platform data definition for the Faraday watchdog driver
+ */
+
+#ifndef _FA_WDT_H
+#define _FA_WDT_H
+
+struct fa_wdt_platform_data {
+	unsigned int	clock;
+};
+
+#endif /* _FA_WDT_H */
+
