The watchdog drivers use MOD_INC_USE_COUNT for not being unloaded accidently.
Therefore this call cannot be removed totally, but instead I replaced it 
with __module_get(THIS_MODULE) as other watchdog drivers seem to do it.

Jan

diff -urN -X exclude linux-bk/drivers/char/watchdog/acquirewdt.c 2.5.75-bk1/drivers/char/watchdog/acquirewdt.c
--- linux-bk/drivers/char/watchdog/acquirewdt.c	Mon May  5 01:53:32 2003
+++ 2.5.75-bk1/drivers/char/watchdog/acquirewdt.c	Sat Jul 12 10:51:30 2003
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
 			return -EBUSY;
 		}
 		if (nowayout)
-			MOD_INC_USE_COUNT;
+			__module_get(THIS_MODULE);
 
 		/* Activate */
 		acq_is_open=1;
diff -urN -X exclude linux-bk/drivers/char/watchdog/ib700wdt.c 2.5.75-bk1/drivers/char/watchdog/ib700wdt.c
--- linux-bk/drivers/char/watchdog/ib700wdt.c	Mon May  5 01:53:41 2003
+++ 2.5.75-bk1/drivers/char/watchdog/ib700wdt.c	Sat Jul 12 10:51:46 2003
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@
 			return -EBUSY;
 		}
 		if (nowayout)
-			MOD_INC_USE_COUNT;
+			__module_get(THIS_MODULE);
 
 		/* Activate */
 		ibwdt_is_open = 1;
diff -urN -X exclude linux-bk/drivers/char/watchdog/indydog.c 2.5.75-bk1/drivers/char/watchdog/indydog.c
--- linux-bk/drivers/char/watchdog/indydog.c	Mon May  5 01:53:41 2003
+++ 2.5.75-bk1/drivers/char/watchdog/indydog.c	Sat Jul 12 10:52:03 2003
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 		return -EBUSY;
 
 	if (nowayout)
-		MOD_INC_USE_COUNT;
+		__module_get(THIS_MODULE);
 
 	/*
 	 *	Activate timer
diff -urN -X exclude linux-bk/drivers/char/watchdog/machzwd.c 2.5.75-bk1/drivers/char/watchdog/machzwd.c
--- linux-bk/drivers/char/watchdog/machzwd.c	Mon May  5 01:53:03 2003
+++ 2.5.75-bk1/drivers/char/watchdog/machzwd.c	Sat Jul 12 10:52:22 2003
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@
 			}
 
 			if (nowayout)
-				MOD_INC_USE_COUNT;
+				__module_get(THIS_MODULE);
 
 			zf_is_open = 1;
 
diff -urN -X exclude linux-bk/drivers/char/watchdog/pcwd.c 2.5.75-bk1/drivers/char/watchdog/pcwd.c
--- linux-bk/drivers/char/watchdog/pcwd.c	Fri May 30 20:29:33 2003
+++ 2.5.75-bk1/drivers/char/watchdog/pcwd.c	Sat Jul 12 10:52:37 2003
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@
 			atomic_inc( &open_allowed );
 			return -EBUSY;
 		}
-		MOD_INC_USE_COUNT;
+		__module_get(THIS_MODULE);
 		/*  Enable the port  */
 		if (revision == PCWD_REVISION_C) {
 			spin_lock(&io_lock);
diff -urN -X exclude linux-bk/drivers/char/watchdog/sbc60xxwdt.c 2.5.75-bk1/drivers/char/watchdog/sbc60xxwdt.c
--- linux-bk/drivers/char/watchdog/sbc60xxwdt.c	Mon May  5 01:53:35 2003
+++ 2.5.75-bk1/drivers/char/watchdog/sbc60xxwdt.c	Sat Jul 12 10:52:53 2003
@@ -207,9 +207,8 @@
 			/* Just in case we're already talking to someone... */
 			if(wdt_is_open)
 				return -EBUSY;
-			if (nowayout) {
-				MOD_INC_USE_COUNT;
-			}
+			if (nowayout) 
+				__module_get(THIS_MODULE);
 			/* Good, fire up the show */
 			wdt_is_open = 1;
 			wdt_startup();
diff -urN -X exclude linux-bk/drivers/char/watchdog/sc520_wdt.c 2.5.75-bk1/drivers/char/watchdog/sc520_wdt.c
--- linux-bk/drivers/char/watchdog/sc520_wdt.c	Mon May  5 01:53:14 2003
+++ 2.5.75-bk1/drivers/char/watchdog/sc520_wdt.c	Sat Jul 12 10:53:12 2003
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@
 			/* Good, fire up the show */
 			wdt_startup();
 			if (nowayout)
-				MOD_INC_USE_COUNT;
+				__module_get(THIS_MODULE);
 
 			return 0;
 		default:
diff -urN -X exclude linux-bk/drivers/char/watchdog/shwdt.c 2.5.75-bk1/drivers/char/watchdog/shwdt.c
--- linux-bk/drivers/char/watchdog/shwdt.c	Mon May  5 01:53:09 2003
+++ 2.5.75-bk1/drivers/char/watchdog/shwdt.c	Sat Jul 12 10:53:28 2003
@@ -189,9 +189,8 @@
 			if (test_and_set_bit(0, &sh_is_open))
 				return -EBUSY;
 
-			if (nowayout) {
-				MOD_INC_USE_COUNT;
-			}
+			if (nowayout) 
+				__module_get(THIS_MODULE);
 
 			sh_wdt_start();
 
diff -urN -X exclude linux-bk/drivers/char/watchdog/softdog.c 2.5.75-bk1/drivers/char/watchdog/softdog.c
--- linux-bk/drivers/char/watchdog/softdog.c	Mon May  5 01:53:13 2003
+++ 2.5.75-bk1/drivers/char/watchdog/softdog.c	Sat Jul 12 10:53:42 2003
@@ -104,9 +104,8 @@
 {
 	if(test_and_set_bit(0, &timer_alive))
 		return -EBUSY;
-	if (nowayout) {
-		MOD_INC_USE_COUNT;
-	}
+	if (nowayout) 
+		__module_get(THIS_MODULE);
 	/*
 	 *	Activate timer
 	 */
diff -urN -X exclude linux-bk/drivers/char/watchdog/wdt977.c 2.5.75-bk1/drivers/char/watchdog/wdt977.c
--- linux-bk/drivers/char/watchdog/wdt977.c	Mon May  5 01:53:37 2003
+++ 2.5.75-bk1/drivers/char/watchdog/wdt977.c	Sat Jul 12 10:53:55 2003
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
 
 	if (nowayout)
 	{
-		MOD_INC_USE_COUNT;
+		__module_get(THIS_MODULE);
 
 		/* do not permit disabling the watchdog by writing 0 to reg. 0xF2 */
 		if (!timeoutM) timeoutM = DEFAULT_TIMEOUT;
diff -urN -X exclude linux-bk/drivers/char/watchdog/wdt_pci.c 2.5.75-bk1/drivers/char/watchdog/wdt_pci.c
--- linux-bk/drivers/char/watchdog/wdt_pci.c	Mon May  5 01:53:32 2003
+++ 2.5.75-bk1/drivers/char/watchdog/wdt_pci.c	Sat Jul 12 10:54:10 2003
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@
 				return -EBUSY;
 
 			if (nowayout) {
-				MOD_INC_USE_COUNT;
+				__module_get(THIS_MODULE);
 			}
 			/*
 			 *	Activate