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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt | 5 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt b/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt index 917eeeabfa5e..92700d229bf9 100644 --- a/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt +++ b/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt @@ -82,8 +82,9 @@ It contains following fields: * max_timeout: the watchdog timer's maximum timeout value (in seconds), as seen from userspace. If set, the maximum configurable value for 'timeout'. Not used if max_hw_heartbeat_ms is non-zero. -* min_hw_heartbeat_ms: Minimum time between heartbeats sent to the chip, - in milli-seconds. +* min_hw_heartbeat_ms: Hardware limit for minimum time between heartbeats, + in milli-seconds. This value is normally 0; it should only be provided + if the hardware can not tolerate lower intervals between heartbeats. * max_hw_heartbeat_ms: Maximum hardware heartbeat, in milli-seconds. If set, the infrastructure will send heartbeats to the watchdog driver if 'timeout' is larger than max_hw_heartbeat_ms, unless WDOG_ACTIVE |