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Message-ID: <524C4CF1.7060407@overkiz.com>
Date:	Wed, 02 Oct 2013 18:42:25 +0200
From:	boris brezillon <b.brezillon@...rkiz.com>
To:	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
CC:	Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@...ana.be>,
	Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@...el.com>,
	Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD <plagnioj@...osoft.com>,
	Ludovic Desroches <ludovic.desroches@...el.com>,
	Yang Wenyou <Wenyou.Yang@...el.com>,
	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...aro.org>,
	Rob Herring <rob.herring@...xeda.com>,
	Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>,
	Fabio Porcedda <fabio.porcedda@...il.com>,
	linux-watchdog@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	devicetree-discuss@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [v2,2/4] watchdog: at91sam9_wdt: update device tree doc

On 02/10/2013 17:51, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 03:23:34PM -0000, Boris BREZILLON wrote:
>> Add new at91sam9 watchdog properties to the documentation.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Boris BREZILLON <b.brezillon@...rkiz.com>
>> Acked-by: Grant Likely<grant.likely@...aro.org>
>>
>> ---
>> .../devicetree/bindings/watchdog/atmel-wdt.txt     |   30 ++++++++++++++++++--
>>   1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/atmel-wdt.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/atmel-wdt.txt
>> index fcdd48f..e043106 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/atmel-wdt.txt
>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/atmel-wdt.txt
>> @@ -9,11 +9,37 @@ Required properties:
>>   
>>   Optional properties:
>>   - timeout-sec: contains the watchdog timeout in seconds.
>> +- interrupts : Should contain WDT interrupt.
>> +- atmel,max-heartbeat-sec : Should contain the maximum heartbeat value in
>> +	seconds. This value should be less than 16. It is used to compute the
>> +	WDV field.
>> +- atmel,min-heartbeat-sec : Should contain the minimum heartbeat value in
>> +	seconds. This value should be less than 4 times the max-heartbeat-sec
>> +	value. It is used to compute the WDD field.
> I am a bit at loss about "less than 4 times the max-heartbeat-sec value".
> Why would a min-timeout larger than the max-timeout make sense under any
> condition ? Do you mean to say that max-heartbeat should be at least four
> times the value of min-heartbeat (or that min-heartbeat should be less or
> equal to one-forth of max-heartbeat) ?
That's exactely what I meant (should be less or equal to one-forth of 
max-heartbeat).
I'll fix it.

> Guenter
>
>> +- atmel,watchdog-type : Should be "hardware" or "software". Hardware watchdog
>> +	use the at91 watchdog reset. Software watchdog use the watchdog
>> +	interrupt to trigger a software reset.
>> +- atmel,reset-type : Should be "proc" or "all".
>> +	"all" : assert peripherals and processor reset signals
>> +	"proc" : assert the processor reset signal
>> +	This is valid only when using "hardware" watchdog.
>> +- atmel,disable : Should be present if you want to disable the watchdog.
>> +- atmel,idle-halt : Should be present if you want to stop the watchdog when
>> +	entering idle state.
>> +- atmel,dbg-halt : Should be present if you want to stop the watchdog when
>> +	entering debug state.
>>   
>>   Example:
>> -
>>   	watchdog@...ffd40 {
>>   		compatible = "atmel,at91sam9260-wdt";
>>   		reg = <0xfffffd40 0x10>;
>> -		timeout-sec = <10>;
>> +		interrupts = <1 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH 7>;
>> +		timeout-sec = <15>;
>> +		atmel,watchdog-type = "hardware";
>> +		atmel,reset-type = "all";
>> +		atmel,dbg-halt;
>> +		atmel,idle-halt;
>> +		atmel,max-heartbeat-sec = <16>;
>> +		atmel,min-heartbeat-sec = <0>;
>> +		status = "okay";
>>   	};

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