Re: [PATCH] watchdog/hpwdt: Update Kconfig documentation

From: Guenter Roeck
Date: Sat Feb 09 2019 - 00:11:15 EST


On 2/8/19 9:48 AM, Jerry Hoemann wrote:
Update documentation relating to HPWDT_NMI_DECODING to reflect its
current usage.

Signed-off-by: Jerry Hoemann <jerry.hoemann@xxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
drivers/watchdog/Kconfig | 9 +++++----
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig b/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
index 57f017d..846dd07 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
@@ -1145,7 +1145,7 @@ config HP_WATCHDOG
select WATCHDOG_CORE
depends on X86 && PCI
help
- A software monitoring watchdog and NMI sourcing driver. This driver
+ A software monitoring watchdog and NMI handling driver. This driver
will detect lockups and provide a stack trace. This is a driver that
will only load on an HP ProLiant system with a minimum of iLO2 support.
To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be
@@ -1163,12 +1163,13 @@ config KEMPLD_WDT
called kempld_wdt.
config HPWDT_NMI_DECODING
- bool "NMI decoding support for the HP ProLiant iLO2+ Hardware Watchdog Timer"
+ bool "NMI support for the HP ProLiant iLO2+ Hardware Watchdog Timer"
depends on HP_WATCHDOG
default y
help
- When an NMI occurs this feature will make the necessary BIOS calls to
- log the cause of the NMI.
+ Enables the NMI handler for the watchdog pretimeout NMI and the iLO
+ "Generate NMI to System" virtual button. When an NMI is claimed
+ by the driver, panic is called.
config SC1200_WDT
tristate "National Semiconductor PC87307/PC97307 (ala SC1200) Watchdog"