linux-kernel - [PATCH] watchdog/hpwdt: Update Kconfig documentation

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Date:   Fri,  8 Feb 2019 10:48:03 -0700
From:   Jerry Hoemann <jerry.hoemann@....com>
To:     wim@...ux-watchdog.org, linux@...ck-us.net
Cc:     linux-watchdog@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Jerry Hoemann <jerry.hoemann@....com>
Subject: [PATCH] watchdog/hpwdt: Update Kconfig documentation

Update documentation relating to HPWDT_NMI_DECODING to reflect its
current usage.

Signed-off-by: Jerry Hoemann <jerry.hoemann@....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