Pull watchdog updates from Wim Van Sebroeck:

 - new watchdog device drivers for Realtek RTD1295 and Spreadtrum SC9860
   platform

 - add support for the following devices: jz4780 SoC, AST25xx series SoC
   and r8a77970 SoC

 - convert to watchdog framework: i6300esb_wdt, xen_wdt and sp5100_tco

 - several fixes for watchdog core

 - remove at32ap700x and obsolete documentation

 - gpio: Convert to use GPIO descriptors

 - rename gemini into FTWDT010 as this IP block is generc from Faraday
   Technology

 - various clean-ups and small bugfixes

 - add Guenter Roeck as co-maintainer

 - change maintainers e-mail address

* tag 'linux-watchdog-4.16-rc1' of git://www.linux-watchdog.org/linux-watchdog: (74 commits)
  documentation: watchdog: remove documentation of w83697hf_wdt/w83697ug_wdt
  documentation: watchdog: remove documentation for ixp2000
  documentation: watchdog: remove documentation of at32ap700x_wdt
  watchdog: remove at32ap700x_wdt
  watchdog: sp5100_tco: Add support for recent FCH versions
  watchdog: sp5100-tco: Abort if watchdog is disabled by hardware
  watchdog: sp5100_tco: Use bit operations
  watchdog: sp5100_tco: Convert to use watchdog subsystem
  watchdog: sp5100_tco: Clean up function and variable names
  watchdog: sp5100_tco: Use dev_ print functions where possible
  watchdog: sp5100_tco: Match PCI device early
  watchdog: sp5100_tco: Clean up sp5100_tco_setupdevice
  watchdog: sp5100_tco: Use standard error codes
  watchdog: sp5100_tco: Use request_muxed_region where possible
  watchdog: sp5100_tco: Fix watchdog disable bit
  watchdog: sp5100_tco: Always use SP5100_IO_PM_{INDEX_REG,DATA_REG}
  watchdog: core: make sure the watchdog_worker is not deferred
  watchdog: mt7621: switch to using managed devm_watchdog_register_device()
  watchdog: mt7621: set WDOG_HW_RUNNING bit when appropriate
  watchdog: imx2_wdt: restore previous timeout after suspend+resume
  ...