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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org> | 2006-10-03 16:35:11 -0700 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org> | 2006-10-03 16:35:11 -0700 |
commit | 708e16892e1646594a29eaa7ac7b209b600b9fd2 (patch) | |
tree | fe7c31bc0edef84eb1075c7e195340047d6aaa17 /Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-api.txt | |
parent | f3c87a8999c28f2948ebd407574f7e9fb5c577b2 (diff) | |
parent | a847825970e741e20a09c659978baa34016b63bc (diff) | |
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Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bunk/trivial
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bunk/trivial: (39 commits)
Add missing maintainer countries in CREDITS
Fix bytes <-> kilobytes typo in Kconfig for ramdisk
fix a typo in Documentation/pi-futex.txt
BUG_ON conversion for fs/xfs/
BUG_ON() conversion in fs/nfsd/
BUG_ON conversion for fs/reiserfs
BUG_ON cleanups in arch/i386
BUG_ON cleanup in drivers/net/tokenring/
BUG_ON cleanup for drivers/md/
kerneldoc-typo in led-class.c
debugfs: spelling fix
rcutorture: Fix incorrect description of default for nreaders parameter
parport: Remove space in function calls
Michal Wronski: update contact info
Spelling fix: "control" instead of "cotrol"
reboot parameter in Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
Fix copy&waste bug in comment in scripts/kernel-doc
remove duplicate "until" from kernel/workqueue.c
ite_gpio fix tabbage
fix file specification in comments
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Fixed trivial path conflicts due to removed files:
arch/mips/dec/boot/decstation.c, drivers/char/ite_gpio.c
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-api.txt')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-api.txt | 8 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-api.txt b/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-api.txt index 958ff3d48be3..7e8ae83e9847 100644 --- a/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-api.txt +++ b/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-api.txt @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ daemon and it crashes the system will not reboot. Because of this, some of the drivers support the configuration option "Disable watchdog shutdown on close", CONFIG_WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT. If it is set to Y when compiling the kernel, there is no way of disabling the watchdog once -it has been started. So, if the watchdog dameon crashes, the system +it has been started. So, if the watchdog daemon crashes, the system will reboot after the timeout has passed. Some other drivers will not disable the watchdog, unless a specific @@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ Note that not all devices support these two calls, and some only support the GETBOOTSTATUS call. Some drivers can measure the temperature using the GETTEMP ioctl. The -returned value is the temperature in degrees farenheit. +returned value is the temperature in degrees fahrenheit. int temperature; ioctl(fd, WDIOC_GETTEMP, &temperature); @@ -258,13 +258,13 @@ booke_wdt.c -- PowerPC BookE Watchdog Timer Timeout default varies according to frequency, supports SETTIMEOUT - Watchdog can not be turned off, CONFIG_WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT + Watchdog cannot be turned off, CONFIG_WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT does not make sense GETSUPPORT returns the watchdog_info struct, and GETSTATUS returns the supported options. GETBOOTSTATUS returns a 1 if the last reset was caused by the - watchdog and a 0 otherwise. This watchdog can not be + watchdog and a 0 otherwise. This watchdog cannot be disabled once it has been started. The wdt_period kernel parameter selects which bit of the time base changing from 0->1 will trigger the watchdog exception. Changing |