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authorGuenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>2016-05-27 14:19:06 -0700
committerWim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>2016-07-17 21:00:14 +0200
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watchdog: Improve description of min_hw_heartbeat_ms
The description of min_hw_heartbeat_ms is misleading and needs some improvements. Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt5
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diff --git a/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt b/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt
index 917eeeabfa5e..92700d229bf9 100644
--- a/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt
+++ b/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt
@@ -82,8 +82,9 @@ It contains following fields:
* max_timeout: the watchdog timer's maximum timeout value (in seconds),
as seen from userspace. If set, the maximum configurable value for
'timeout'. Not used if max_hw_heartbeat_ms is non-zero.
-* min_hw_heartbeat_ms: Minimum time between heartbeats sent to the chip,
- in milli-seconds.
+* min_hw_heartbeat_ms: Hardware limit for minimum time between heartbeats,
+ in milli-seconds. This value is normally 0; it should only be provided
+ if the hardware can not tolerate lower intervals between heartbeats.
* max_hw_heartbeat_ms: Maximum hardware heartbeat, in milli-seconds.
If set, the infrastructure will send heartbeats to the watchdog driver
if 'timeout' is larger than max_hw_heartbeat_ms, unless WDOG_ACTIVE