Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753126AbbFFBrO (ORCPT ); Fri, 5 Jun 2015 21:47:14 -0400 Received: from vpnchicago.adeneo-embedded.us ([65.182.180.190]:23421 "EHLO mxadeneo.adeneo-embedded.us" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752954AbbFFBrK (ORCPT ); Fri, 5 Jun 2015 21:47:10 -0400 From: Jean-Baptiste Theou To: Wim Van Sebroeck CC: Guenter Roeck , , , Jean-Baptiste Theou Subject: [PATCH v2 2/3] watchdog-kernel-api: Add registration deferral mechanism Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2015 18:46:51 -0700 Message-ID: <1433555212-4729-2-git-send-email-jtheou@adeneo-embedded.us> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.4.2 In-Reply-To: <1433555212-4729-1-git-send-email-jtheou@adeneo-embedded.us> References: <1433555212-4729-1-git-send-email-jtheou@adeneo-embedded.us> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Originating-IP: [173.10.76.58] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1192 Lines: 30 Add registration deferral mechanism capability information Signed-off-by: Jean-Baptiste Theou --- 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 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/