On Fri, May 17, 2019 at 02:59:42PM -0600, Jerry Hoemann wrote: > Update documentation to explain new module parameter kdumptimeout. > > Signed-off-by: Jerry Hoemann <jerry.hoemann@xxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > Documentation/watchdog/hpwdt.txt | 4 ++++ > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/Documentation/watchdog/hpwdt.txt b/Documentation/watchdog/hpwdt.txt > index 55df692..35da141 100644 > --- a/Documentation/watchdog/hpwdt.txt > +++ b/Documentation/watchdog/hpwdt.txt > @@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ Last reviewed: 08/20/2018 > Default value is set when compiling the kernel. If it is set > to "Y", then there is no way of disabling the watchdog once > it has been started. > + kdumptimeout Minimum timeout in seconds to apply upon receipt of an NMI > + before calling panic. (-1) disables the watchdog. When value > + is > 0, the timer is reprogrammed with the greater of > + value or current timeout value. > > NOTE: More information about watchdog drivers in general, including the ioctl > interface to /dev/watchdog can be found in
