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| From | Jean-Baptiste Theou <jtheou@adeneo-embedded.us> |
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| Subject | [PATCH v2 2/3] watchdog-kernel-api: Add registration deferral mechanism |
| Date | Sat, 06 Jun 2015 03:50:02 +0200 |
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Add registration deferral mechanism capability information
Signed-off-by: Jean-Baptiste Theou <jtheou@adeneo-embedded.us>
---
Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt b/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt
index a0438f3..11c988b 100644
--- a/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt
+++ b/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ The watchdog_unregister_device routine deregisters a registered watchdog timer
device. The parameter of this routine is the pointer to the registered
watchdog_device structure.
+The watchdog subsystem contain an registration deferral mechanism,
+which allow you to register an watchdog as early as you wish during
+the boot process, in the situation of a built-in module.
+
The watchdog device structure looks like this:
struct watchdog_device {
--
2.4.2
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[PATCH v2 1/3] watchdog_core: Add watchdog registration deferral mechanism Jean-Baptiste Theou <jtheou@adeneo-embedded.us> - 2015-06-06 03:50 +0200 [PATCH v2 2/3] watchdog-kernel-api: Add registration deferral mechanism Jean-Baptiste Theou <jtheou@adeneo-embedded.us> - 2015-06-06 03:50 +0200 [PATCH v2 3/3] gpio_wdt: Add option for early registration Jean-Baptiste Theou <jtheou@adeneo-embedded.us> - 2015-06-06 03:50 +0200
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