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diff --git a/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt b/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt index 785fa0c..829955b 100644 --- a/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt +++ b/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt @@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ struct watchdog_ops { int (*ping)(struct watchdog_device *); unsigned int (*status)(struct watchdog_device *); int (*set_timeout)(struct watchdog_device *, unsigned int); + long (*ioctl)(struct watchdog_device *, unsigned int, unsigned long); }; It is important that you first define the module owner of the watchdog timer @@ -117,6 +118,10 @@ they are supported. These optional routines/operations are: to re-program the watchdog timer device. (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 + our own internal ioctl call handling. This routine should return -ENOIOCTLCMD + if a command is not supported. The parameters that are passed to the ioctl + call are: watchdog_device, cmd and arg. The status bits should (preferably) be set with the set_bit and clear_bit alike bit-operations. The status bits that are defined are: |