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diff --git a/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-parameters.rst b/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-parameters.rst index b121caae7798..a3985cc5aeda 100644 --- a/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-parameters.rst +++ b/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-parameters.rst @@ -13,6 +13,17 @@ modules. ------------------------------------------------- +watchdog core: + open_timeout: + Maximum time, in seconds, for which the watchdog framework will take + care of pinging a running hardware watchdog until userspace opens the + corresponding /dev/watchdogN device. A value of 0 means an infinite + timeout. Setting this to a non-zero value can be useful to ensure that + either userspace comes up properly, or the board gets reset and allows + fallback logic in the bootloader to try something else. + +------------------------------------------------- + acquirewdt: wdt_stop: Acquire WDT 'stop' io port (default 0x43) |