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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2012-01-10 18:29:23 (GMT) |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2012-01-10 18:29:23 (GMT) |
commit | 88266917b518e2ca954d85983470592aaaf82993 (patch) | |
tree | e8c6e77cf6c70de0dbe655ce3cd4401391a06b6e /Documentation | |
parent | 269d430131b699c2cadf58495f025a4092959ef5 (diff) | |
parent | e2bf7c4c22939bd83814d8da40a352d246030b1b (diff) | |
download | linux-88266917b518e2ca954d85983470592aaaf82993.tar.xz |
Merge git://www.linux-watchdog.org/linux-watchdog
* git://www.linux-watchdog.org/linux-watchdog:
watchdog: omap_wdt.c: fix the WDIOC_GETBOOTSTATUS ioctl if not implemented.
watchdog: new driver for VIA chipsets
watchdog: ath79_wdt: flush register writes
drivers/watchdog/lantiq_wdt.c: drop iounmap for devm_ allocated data
watchdog: documentation: describe nowayout in coversion-guide
watchdog: documentation: update index file
watchdog: Convert wm831x driver to devm_kzalloc()
watchdog: add nowayout helpers to Watchdog Timer Driver Kernel API
watchdog: convert drivers/watchdog/* to use module_platform_driver()
watchdog: Use DEFINE_SPINLOCK() for static spinlocks
watchdog: Convert Wolfson drivers to module_platform_driver
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/watchdog/00-INDEX | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/watchdog/convert_drivers_to_kernel_api.txt | 19 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt | 10 |
3 files changed, 30 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/watchdog/00-INDEX b/Documentation/watchdog/00-INDEX index fc51128..fc9082a 100644 --- a/Documentation/watchdog/00-INDEX +++ b/Documentation/watchdog/00-INDEX @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ 00-INDEX - this file. +convert_drivers_to_kernel_api.txt + - how-to for converting old watchdog drivers to the new kernel API. hpwdt.txt - information on the HP iLO2 NMI watchdog pcwd-watchdog.txt diff --git a/Documentation/watchdog/convert_drivers_to_kernel_api.txt b/Documentation/watchdog/convert_drivers_to_kernel_api.txt index ae1e900..be8119b 100644 --- a/Documentation/watchdog/convert_drivers_to_kernel_api.txt +++ b/Documentation/watchdog/convert_drivers_to_kernel_api.txt @@ -163,6 +163,25 @@ Here is a simple example for a watchdog device: +}; +Handle the 'nowayout' feature +----------------------------- + +A few drivers use nowayout statically, i.e. there is no module parameter for it +and only CONFIG_WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT determines if the feature is going to be +used. This needs to be converted by initializing the status variable of the +watchdog_device like this: + + .status = WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT_INIT_STATUS, + +Most drivers, however, also allow runtime configuration of nowayout, usually +by adding a module parameter. The conversion for this would be something like: + + watchdog_set_nowayout(&s3c2410_wdd, nowayout); + +The module parameter itself needs to stay, everything else related to nowayout +can go, though. This will likely be some code in open(), close() or write(). + + Register the watchdog device ---------------------------- diff --git a/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt b/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt index 4f7c894..4b93c28 100644 --- a/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt +++ b/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ The Linux WatchDog Timer Driver Core kernel API. =============================================== -Last reviewed: 22-Jul-2011 +Last reviewed: 29-Nov-2011 Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be> @@ -142,6 +142,14 @@ bit-operations. The status bits that are defined are: * WDOG_NO_WAY_OUT: this bit stores the nowayout setting for the watchdog. If this bit is set then the watchdog timer will not be able to stop. + To set the WDOG_NO_WAY_OUT status bit (before registering your watchdog + timer device) you can either: + * set it statically in your watchdog_device struct with + .status = WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT_INIT_STATUS, + (this will set the value the same as CONFIG_WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT) or + * use the following helper function: + static inline void watchdog_set_nowayout(struct watchdog_device *wdd, int nowayout) + Note: The WatchDog Timer Driver Core supports the magic close feature and the nowayout feature. To use the magic close feature you must set the WDIOF_MAGICCLOSE bit in the options field of the watchdog's info structure. |