Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | Jean-Baptiste Theou <> | Subject | [PATCH v2 2/3] watchdog-kernel-api: Add registration deferral mechanism | Date | Fri, 5 Jun 2015 18:46:51 -0700 |
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Add registration deferral mechanism capability information
Signed-off-by: Jean-Baptiste Theou <jtheou@adeneo-embedded.us> --- 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, +which allow you to register an watchdog as early as you wish during +the boot process, in the situation of a built-in module. + The watchdog device structure looks like this: struct watchdog_device { -- 2.4.2
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