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| author | Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz> | 2012-04-08 21:48:52 +0200 |
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| committer | Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz> | 2012-04-08 21:48:52 +0200 |
| commit | e75d660672ddd11704b7f0fdb8ff21968587b266 (patch) | |
| tree | ccb9c107744c10b553c0373e450bee3971d16c00 /Documentation/watchdog/convert_drivers_to_kernel_api.txt | |
| parent | 61282f37927143e45b03153f3e7b48d6b702147a (diff) | |
| parent | 0034102808e0dbbf3a2394b82b1bb40b5778de9e (diff) | |
| download | linux-e75d660672ddd11704b7f0fdb8ff21968587b266.tar.bz2 | |
Merge branch 'master' into for-next
Merge with latest Linus' tree, as I have incoming patches
that fix code that is newer than current HEAD of for-next.
Conflicts:
drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c
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diff --git a/Documentation/watchdog/convert_drivers_to_kernel_api.txt b/Documentation/watchdog/convert_drivers_to_kernel_api.txt index be8119bb15d2..271b8850dde7 100644 --- a/Documentation/watchdog/convert_drivers_to_kernel_api.txt +++ b/Documentation/watchdog/convert_drivers_to_kernel_api.txt @@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ Here is a overview of the functions and probably needed actions: WDIOC_GETTIMEOUT: No preparations needed + WDIOC_GETTIMELEFT: + It needs get_timeleft() callback to be defined. Otherwise it + will return EOPNOTSUPP + Other IOCTLs can be served using the ioctl-callback. Note that this is mainly intended for porting old drivers; new drivers should not invent private IOCTLs. Private IOCTLs are processed first. When the callback returns with |