--- zzzz-none-000/linux-3.10.107/drivers/watchdog/ar7_wdt.c	2017-06-27 09:49:32.000000000 +0000
+++ scorpion-7490-727/linux-3.10.107/drivers/watchdog/ar7_wdt.c	2021-02-04 17:41:59.000000000 +0000
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/moduleparam.h>
 #include <linux/errno.h>
-#include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/miscdevice.h>
 #include <linux/platform_device.h>
 #include <linux/watchdog.h>
@@ -46,7 +45,6 @@
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Nicolas Thill <nico@openwrt.org>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION(LONGNAME);
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
 
 static int margin = 60;
 module_param(margin, int, 0);
@@ -280,11 +278,6 @@
 
 	ar7_regs_wdt =
 		platform_get_resource_byname(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, "regs");
-	if (!ar7_regs_wdt) {
-		pr_err("could not get registers resource\n");
-		return -ENODEV;
-	}
-
 	ar7_wdt = devm_ioremap_resource(&pdev->dev, ar7_regs_wdt);
 	if (IS_ERR(ar7_wdt))
 		return PTR_ERR(ar7_wdt);
@@ -331,7 +324,6 @@
 	.remove = ar7_wdt_remove,
 	.shutdown = ar7_wdt_shutdown,
 	.driver = {
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 		.name = "ar7_wdt",
 	},
 };