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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt | 7 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt b/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt index acdee39fb08a..41d552698ada 100644 --- a/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt +++ b/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt @@ -127,6 +127,13 @@ bit-operations. The status bits that are defined are: * WDOG_DEV_OPEN: this status bit shows whether or not the watchdog device was opened via /dev/watchdog. (This bit should only be used by the WatchDog Timer Driver Core). +* WDOG_ALLOW_RELEASE: this bit stores whether or not the magic close character + has been sent (so that we can support the magic close feature). + (This bit should only be used by the WatchDog Timer Driver Core). + +Note: The WatchDog Timer Driver Core supports the magic close feature. To use +the magic close feature you must set the WDIOF_MAGICCLOSE bit in the options +field of the watchdog's info structure. To get or set driver specific data the following two helper functions should be used: |