linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/6] Watchdog: introdouce "pretimeout" into framework

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Message-ID: <20150515175900.GA19230@roeck-us.net>
Date:	Fri, 15 May 2015 10:59:00 -0700
From:	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To:	Timur Tabi <timur@...eaurora.org>
Cc:	Fu Wei <fu.wei@...aro.org>,
	Suravee Suthikulpanit <Suravee.Suthikulpanit@....com>,
	Linaro ACPI Mailman List <linaro-acpi@...ts.linaro.org>,
	linux-watchdog@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
	Wei Fu <tekkamanninja@...il.com>,
	G Gregory <graeme.gregory@...aro.org>,
	Al Stone <al.stone@...aro.org>,
	Hanjun Guo <hanjun.guo@...aro.org>,
	Ashwin Chaugule <ashwin.chaugule@...aro.org>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, vgandhi@...eaurora.org,
	wim@...ana.be, Jon Masters <jcm@...hat.com>,
	Leo Duran <leo.duran@....com>, Jon Corbet <corbet@....net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/6] Watchdog: introdouce "pretimeout" into framework

On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 08:55:25AM -0500, Timur Tabi wrote:
> Fu Wei wrote:
> >>>The new API function also needs to be documented in
> >>>Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt.
> >good point, thanks will do
> 
> Yes, please, since my driver does not use or need any pre-timeout support,
> so I don't understand why this patch exists.  What is pre-timeout anyway?

Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-api.txt; look for "Pretimeouts:".

Guenter
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