On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 12:06:35AM +0800, fu.wei@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > From: Fu Wei <fu.wei@xxxxxxxxxx> > > The sbsa-gwdt.txt documentation in devicetree/bindings/watchdog is for > introducing SBSA(Server Base System Architecture) Generic Watchdog > device node info into FDT. > > Also add sbsa-gwdt introduction in watchdog-parameters.txt > > Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Fu Wei <fu.wei@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > .../devicetree/bindings/watchdog/sbsa-gwdt.txt | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++++ > Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-parameters.txt | 6 +++ > 2 files changed, 52 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/sbsa-gwdt.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/sbsa-gwdt.txt > new file mode 100644 > index 0000000..ad8e99a > --- /dev/null > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/sbsa-gwdt.txt > @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ > +* SBSA (Server Base System Architecture) Generic Watchdog > + > +The SBSA Generic Watchdog Timer is used to force a reset of the system > +after two stages of timeout have elapsed. A detailed definition of the > +watchdog timer can be found in the ARM document: ARM-DEN-0029 - Server > +Base System Architecture (SBSA) > + > +Required properties: > +- compatible: Should at least contain "arm,sbsa-gwdt". > + > +- reg: Each entry specifies the base physical 64-bit address of a register > + frame and the 64-bit length of that frame; currently, two frames must be Remove "64-bit" here. This depends on #address-cells and #size-cells, as usual. > + defined, in this order: > + 1: Watchdog control frame > + 2: Refresh frame. > + > +- interrupts: At least one interrupt must be defined that will be used as > + the WS0 interrupt. A WS1 interrupt definition can be provided, but is > + optional. The interrupts must be defined in this order: > + 1: WS0 interrupt > + 2: WS1 interrupt Why is WS1 optional? > +Optional properties > +- timeout-sec: To use a timeout value that is different from the driver > + default values, use this property. Either define a default value, or don't state anything about the behaviour when this is not present. > If used, at least one timeout value > + (in seconds) must be provided. A second optional timeout value (in > + seconds) may also be provided and will be used as the pre-timeout value, > + if it is given. > + > + There are two possible sources for driver default timeout values: > + (1) the driver contains hard-coded default values, or > + (2) module parameters can be given when the module is loaded > + > + If timeout/pretimeout values are provided when the module loads, they > + will take priority. Second priority will be the timeout-sec from DTB, > + and third the hard-coded driver values. The last two paragraphs should go. They describe Linux behaviour rather than the binding. Thanks, Mark. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
