From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from bh-25.webhostbox.net ([208.91.199.152]:37467 "EHLO bh-25.webhostbox.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750865AbbFFE0b (ORCPT ); Sat, 6 Jun 2015 00:26:31 -0400 Message-ID: <55727675.3000204@roeck-us.net> Date: Fri, 05 Jun 2015 21:26:29 -0700 From: Guenter Roeck MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jean-Baptiste Theou , Wim Van Sebroeck CC: linux-watchdog@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] watchdog-kernel-api: Add registration deferral mechanism References: <1433555212-4729-1-git-send-email-jtheou@adeneo-embedded.us> <1433555212-4729-2-git-send-email-jtheou@adeneo-embedded.us> In-Reply-To: <1433555212-4729-2-git-send-email-jtheou@adeneo-embedded.us> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-watchdog-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-watchdog@vger.kernel.org On 06/05/2015 06:46 PM, Jean-Baptiste Theou wrote: > Add registration deferral mechanism capability information > > Signed-off-by: Jean-Baptiste Theou > --- > Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt | 4 ++++ > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt b/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt > index a0438f3..11c988b 100644 > --- a/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt > +++ b/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt > @@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ The watchdog_unregister_device routine deregisters a registered watchdog timer > device. The parameter of this routine is the pointer to the registered > watchdog_device structure. > > +The watchdog subsystem contain an registration deferral mechanism, contains, or maybe better includes. > +which allow you to register an watchdog as early as you wish during allows > +the boot process, in the situation of a built-in module. Drop part after the , as irrelevant. Please merge this patch into the first patch; no need to keep it separate. Thanks, Guenter > + > The watchdog device structure looks like this: > > struct watchdog_device { >