Yes I need to review this before it being submitted. Some confusion here. -----Original Message----- From: Guenter Roeck [mailto:linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, April 25, 2014 8:03 AM To: Masanari Iida; wim@xxxxxxxxx; linux-watchdog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Mingarelli, Thomas; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc: watchdog: Add an usage note on hpwdt with hp-asrd On 04/25/2014 03:52 AM, Masanari Iida wrote: > An agent software called hp-asrd from Hewlett Packard updates same iLO > watchdog timer as hpwdt does update. > So they can not be uses simultaneously. > Add this usage note in hpwdt.txt. > > Signed-off-by: Masanari Iida <standby24x7@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > Documentation/watchdog/hpwdt.txt | 3 ++- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/watchdog/hpwdt.txt > b/Documentation/watchdog/hpwdt.txt > index 9488078..719c38d 100644 > --- a/Documentation/watchdog/hpwdt.txt > +++ b/Documentation/watchdog/hpwdt.txt > @@ -89,7 +89,8 @@ Last reviewed: 06/02/2009 > > Hypertransport/CSI Error 31h > > - > +hpwdt can not work as expected if hp-asrd is running simultaneously. > +Because both hpwdt and hp-asrd update same iLO watchdog timer. > How about adding a note here explaining that hp-asrd is a user space application from HP (assuming that is what it is) ? Guenter -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-watchdog" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html