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From: w.sang@pengutronix.de (Wolfram Sang)
Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:33:18 +0100
Subject: [PATCH RFC 1/2] watchdog : omap_wdt : Implement
 WDIOC_GETBOOTSTATUS for omap3+
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> Just returning the register content does not help much and looking at other
> implementations, like Blackfin, I am guessing this IOCTL is supposed to give
> a yes/no sort of result.

It needs to return WDIOF_* flags as defined in include/linux/watchdog.h.
Check also Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-api.txt for further info.
Yes, not all drivers follow this style, sadly.

Regards,

   Wolfram

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