On Wednesday 23 February 2011, 21:44:36 Wim Van Sebroeck wrote:
> commit 5752d34c58c9b654c2fa753b94acc67602836420
> Author: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Sun Jul 18 10:51:52 2010 +0000
>
> watchdog: WatchDog Timer Driver Core - Part 8
>
> Add support for the nowayout feature to the
> WatchDog Timer Driver Core framework.
> This feature prevents the watchdog timer from being
> stopped.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> [...]
> diff --git a/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt
> b/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt index 036c30f..91c4299
> 100644
> --- a/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt
> @@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ It contains following fields:
> WDIOF_* status bits).
> * status: this field contains a number of status bits that give extra
> information about the status of the device (Like: is the watchdog timer
> - running/active, is the device opened via the /dev/watchdog interface or
> not, - ...)
> + running/active, is the nowayout bit set, is the device opened via
> + the /dev/watchdog interface or not, ...)
>
> The list of watchdog operations is defined as:
>
> @@ -123,6 +123,8 @@ bit-operations. The status bit's that are defined are:
> is active or not. When the watchdog is active after booting, then you
> should set this status bit (Note: when you register the watchdog timer
> device with this bit set, then opening /dev/watchdog will skip the start
> operation) +* 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. * WDOG_DEV_OPEN: this status bit shows whether or not the
> watchdog device was opened via /dev/watchdog.
> (This bit should only be used by the WatchDog Timer Driver Core).
> @@ -135,6 +137,6 @@ bit-operations. The status bit's that are defined are:
> has been sent (so that we can support the magic close feature).
> (This bit should only be used by the WatchDog Timer Driver Core).
>
> -Note: The WatchDog Timer Driver Core supports the magic close feauture. To
> use -the magic close feauture you must set the WDIOF_MAGICCLOSE bit in the
> options -field of the watchdog's info structure.
> +Note: The WatchDog Timer Driver Core supports the nowayout feature and the
> +magic close feauture. To use the magic close feauture you must set the
^ ^
small typos here
Alexander
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