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From: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
To: Francesco Zanella <francesco.zanella@vimar.com>
Cc: linux-watchdog@vger.kernel.org, wim@linux-watchdog.org,
	devicetree@vger.kernel.org, robh+dt@kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] dt-bindings: watchdog: gpio-wdt: add "start-at-boot"
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2021 09:37:48 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210421163748.GA110463@roeck-us.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210421162621.24910-2-francesco.zanella@vimar.com>

On Wed, Apr 21, 2021 at 06:26:20PM +0200, Francesco Zanella wrote:
> Documentation for new device tree property "start-at-boot".
> 
> Signed-off-by: Francesco Zanella <francesco.zanella@vimar.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/gpio-wdt.txt | 7 +++++++
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/gpio-wdt.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/gpio-wdt.txt
> index 198794963786..cdaf7f0602e8 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/gpio-wdt.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/gpio-wdt.txt
> @@ -17,6 +17,13 @@ Optional Properties:
>  - always-running: If the watchdog timer cannot be disabled, add this flag to
>    have the driver keep toggling the signal without a client. It will only cease
>    to toggle the signal when the device is open and the timeout elapsed.
> +- start-at-boot: Start pinging hw watchdog at probe, in order to take advantage
> +  of kernel configs:
> +  - WATCHDOG_HANDLE_BOOT_ENABLED: Avoid possible reboot if hw watchdog was been
> +    enabled before the kernel (by uboot for example) and userspace doesn't take
> +    control of /dev/watchdog in time;
> +  - WATCHDOG_OPEN_TIMEOUT: Reboot if userspace doesn't take control of
> +    /dev/watchdog within the timeout.

You are not supposed to refer to Linux kernel details in devicetree
bindings documents.

Guenter

>  
>  Example:
>  	watchdog: watchdog {
> -- 
> 2.17.1
> 

  reply	other threads:[~2021-04-21 16:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-04-21 16:26 [PATCH 0/2] GPIO WDT "start-at-boot" property Francesco Zanella
2021-04-21 16:26 ` [PATCH 1/2] dt-bindings: watchdog: gpio-wdt: add "start-at-boot" Francesco Zanella
2021-04-21 16:37   ` Guenter Roeck [this message]
2021-04-22 16:28     ` Francesco Zanella
2021-04-21 16:26 ` [PATCH 2/2] watchdog: gpio_wdt: add "start-at-boot" feature Francesco Zanella
2021-04-21 16:42   ` Guenter Roeck
2021-04-22 16:28     ` Francesco Zanella
2021-04-22 18:05       ` Guenter Roeck
2021-04-23  9:47         ` Francesco Zanella
2021-04-23 11:36   ` Rasmus Villemoes
2021-04-23 14:24     ` Francesco Zanella

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