Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | Jerry Hoemann <> | Subject | [PATCH 5/6] watchdog/hpwdt: Update documentation | Date | Fri, 17 May 2019 14:59:42 -0600 |
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Update documentation to explain new module parameter kdumptimeout.
Signed-off-by: Jerry Hoemann <jerry.hoemann@hpe.com> --- Documentation/watchdog/hpwdt.txt | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/watchdog/hpwdt.txt b/Documentation/watchdog/hpwdt.txt index 55df692..35da141 100644 --- a/Documentation/watchdog/hpwdt.txt +++ b/Documentation/watchdog/hpwdt.txt @@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ Last reviewed: 08/20/2018 Default value is set when compiling the kernel. If it is set to "Y", then there is no way of disabling the watchdog once it has been started. + kdumptimeout Minimum timeout in seconds to apply upon receipt of an NMI + before calling panic. (-1) disables the watchdog. When value + is > 0, the timer is reprogrammed with the greater of + value or current timeout value. NOTE: More information about watchdog drivers in general, including the ioctl interface to /dev/watchdog can be found in -- 1.8.3.1
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