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Message ID 1558126783-4877-6-git-send-email-jerry.hoemann@hpe.com (mailing list archive)
State Accepted
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Series watchdog/hpwdt: cleanups and kdump accommodations | expand

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Jerry Hoemann May 17, 2019, 8:59 p.m. UTC
Update documentation to explain new module parameter kdumptimeout.

Signed-off-by: Jerry Hoemann <jerry.hoemann@hpe.com>
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 Documentation/watchdog/hpwdt.txt | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

Comments

Guenter Roeck June 6, 2019, 9:19 p.m. UTC | #1
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@hpe.com>

Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>

> ---
>  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
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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