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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/watchdog')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt | 7 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt b/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt index 9e162465b0cf..7d9d1da762b6 100644 --- a/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt +++ b/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt @@ -117,9 +117,10 @@ they are supported. These optional routines/operations are: status of the device is reported with watchdog WDIOF_* status flags/bits. * set_timeout: this routine checks and changes the timeout of the watchdog timer device. It returns 0 on success, -EINVAL for "parameter out of range" - and -EIO for "could not write value to the watchdog". On success the timeout - value of the watchdog_device will be changed to the value that was just used - to re-program the watchdog timer device. + and -EIO for "could not write value to the watchdog". On success this + routine should set the timeout value of the watchdog_device to the + achieved timeout value (which may be different from the requested one + because the watchdog does not necessarily has a 1 second resolution). (Note: the WDIOF_SETTIMEOUT needs to be set in the options field of the watchdog's info structure). * ioctl: if this routine is present then it will be called first before we do |