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* [PATCH] watchdog/hpwdt: Update Kconfig documentation
@ 2019-02-08 17:48 Jerry Hoemann
  2019-02-09  5:10 ` Guenter Roeck
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Jerry Hoemann @ 2019-02-08 17:48 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: wim, linux; +Cc: linux-watchdog, linux-kernel, Jerry Hoemann

Update documentation relating to HPWDT_NMI_DECODING to reflect its
current usage.

Signed-off-by: Jerry Hoemann <jerry.hoemann@hpe.com>
---
 drivers/watchdog/Kconfig | 9 +++++----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig b/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
index 57f017d..846dd07 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
@@ -1145,7 +1145,7 @@ config HP_WATCHDOG
 	select WATCHDOG_CORE
 	depends on X86 && PCI
 	help
-	  A software monitoring watchdog and NMI sourcing driver. This driver
+	  A software monitoring watchdog and NMI handling driver. This driver
 	  will detect lockups and provide a stack trace. This is a driver that
 	  will only load on an HP ProLiant system with a minimum of iLO2 support.
 	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be
@@ -1163,12 +1163,13 @@ config KEMPLD_WDT
 	  called kempld_wdt.
 
 config HPWDT_NMI_DECODING
-	bool "NMI decoding support for the HP ProLiant iLO2+ Hardware Watchdog Timer"
+	bool "NMI support for the HP ProLiant iLO2+ Hardware Watchdog Timer"
 	depends on HP_WATCHDOG
 	default y
 	help
-	  When an NMI occurs this feature will make the necessary BIOS calls to
-	  log the cause of the NMI.
+	  Enables the NMI handler for the watchdog pretimeout NMI and the iLO
+	  "Generate NMI to System" virtual button.  When an NMI is claimed
+	  by the driver, panic is called.
 
 config SC1200_WDT
 	tristate "National Semiconductor PC87307/PC97307 (ala SC1200) Watchdog"
-- 
1.8.3.1


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* Re: [PATCH] watchdog/hpwdt: Update Kconfig documentation
  2019-02-08 17:48 [PATCH] watchdog/hpwdt: Update Kconfig documentation Jerry Hoemann
@ 2019-02-09  5:10 ` Guenter Roeck
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Guenter Roeck @ 2019-02-09  5:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Jerry Hoemann, wim; +Cc: linux-watchdog, linux-kernel

On 2/8/19 9:48 AM, Jerry Hoemann wrote:
> Update documentation relating to HPWDT_NMI_DECODING to reflect its
> current usage.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jerry Hoemann <jerry.hoemann@hpe.com>

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

> ---
>   drivers/watchdog/Kconfig | 9 +++++----
>   1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig b/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
> index 57f017d..846dd07 100644
> --- a/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
> @@ -1145,7 +1145,7 @@ config HP_WATCHDOG
>   	select WATCHDOG_CORE
>   	depends on X86 && PCI
>   	help
> -	  A software monitoring watchdog and NMI sourcing driver. This driver
> +	  A software monitoring watchdog and NMI handling driver. This driver
>   	  will detect lockups and provide a stack trace. This is a driver that
>   	  will only load on an HP ProLiant system with a minimum of iLO2 support.
>   	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be
> @@ -1163,12 +1163,13 @@ config KEMPLD_WDT
>   	  called kempld_wdt.
>   
>   config HPWDT_NMI_DECODING
> -	bool "NMI decoding support for the HP ProLiant iLO2+ Hardware Watchdog Timer"
> +	bool "NMI support for the HP ProLiant iLO2+ Hardware Watchdog Timer"
>   	depends on HP_WATCHDOG
>   	default y
>   	help
> -	  When an NMI occurs this feature will make the necessary BIOS calls to
> -	  log the cause of the NMI.
> +	  Enables the NMI handler for the watchdog pretimeout NMI and the iLO
> +	  "Generate NMI to System" virtual button.  When an NMI is claimed
> +	  by the driver, panic is called.
>   
>   config SC1200_WDT
>   	tristate "National Semiconductor PC87307/PC97307 (ala SC1200) Watchdog"
> 


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