--- zzzz-none-000/linux-3.10.107/drivers/watchdog/indydog.c	2017-06-27 09:49:32.000000000 +0000
+++ scorpion-7490-727/linux-3.10.107/drivers/watchdog/indydog.c	2021-02-04 17:41:59.000000000 +0000
@@ -41,24 +41,15 @@
 
 static void indydog_start(void)
 {
-	u32 mc_ctrl0;
-
 	spin_lock(&indydog_lock);
-	mc_ctrl0 = sgimc->cpuctrl0;
-	mc_ctrl0 = sgimc->cpuctrl0 | SGIMC_CCTRL0_WDOG;
-	sgimc->cpuctrl0 = mc_ctrl0;
+	sgimc->cpuctrl0 |= SGIMC_CCTRL0_WDOG;
 	spin_unlock(&indydog_lock);
 }
 
 static void indydog_stop(void)
 {
-	u32 mc_ctrl0;
-
 	spin_lock(&indydog_lock);
-
-	mc_ctrl0 = sgimc->cpuctrl0;
-	mc_ctrl0 &= ~SGIMC_CCTRL0_WDOG;
-	sgimc->cpuctrl0 = mc_ctrl0;
+	sgimc->cpuctrl0 &= ~SGIMC_CCTRL0_WDOG;
 	spin_unlock(&indydog_lock);
 
 	pr_info("Stopped watchdog timer\n");
@@ -214,4 +205,3 @@
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Guido Guenther <agx@sigxcpu.org>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Hardware Watchdog Device for SGI IP22");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);