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authorViresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@st.com>2012-03-16 12:14:00 +0400
committerWim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>2012-03-27 22:15:37 +0400
commitfd7b673c92731fc6c0b1e999adfd87b6762ee797 (patch)
tree35fafd733a2846acb1dd7a06cb7078a7fe59086f /Documentation/watchdog/convert_drivers_to_kernel_api.txt
parent2ca1606359695cc7ce371c7829c4082d9095fc06 (diff)
downloadlinux-fd7b673c92731fc6c0b1e999adfd87b6762ee797.tar.xz
watchdog: Add support for WDIOC_GETTIMELEFT IOCTL in watchdog core
This patch adds support for WDIOC_GETTIMELEFT IOCTL in watchdog core. So, there is another function pointer added to struct watchdog_ops, which can be passed by drivers to support this IOCTL. Related documentation is updated too. Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@st.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org> Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>
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diff --git a/Documentation/watchdog/convert_drivers_to_kernel_api.txt b/Documentation/watchdog/convert_drivers_to_kernel_api.txt
index be8119bb15d2..271b8850dde7 100644
--- a/Documentation/watchdog/convert_drivers_to_kernel_api.txt
+++ b/Documentation/watchdog/convert_drivers_to_kernel_api.txt
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ Here is a overview of the functions and probably needed actions:
WDIOC_GETTIMEOUT:
No preparations needed
+ WDIOC_GETTIMELEFT:
+ It needs get_timeleft() callback to be defined. Otherwise it
+ will return EOPNOTSUPP
+
Other IOCTLs can be served using the ioctl-callback. Note that this is mainly
intended for porting old drivers; new drivers should not invent private IOCTLs.
Private IOCTLs are processed first. When the callback returns with