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authorsmkelly <smkelly@FreeBSD.org>2004-04-28 21:42:36 +0000
committersmkelly <smkelly@FreeBSD.org>2004-04-28 21:42:36 +0000
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Fix up a little language. Remove reference to sysctl(9). Fix reference to
watchdog(9) (was watchdogd(9)).
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diff --git a/share/man/man4/watchdog.4 b/share/man/man4/watchdog.4
index 03af444..327694e 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/watchdog.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/watchdog.4
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
.\" Copyright (c) 2004 Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@FreeBSD.org>
-.\" Copyright (c) 2003 Sean M. Kelly <smkelly@FreeBSD.org>
+.\" Copyright (c) 2003, 2004 Sean M. Kelly <smkelly@FreeBSD.org>
.\" All rights reserved.
.\"
.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@ The interface is through a device named "/dev/" _PATH_WATCHDOG which
responds to a single ioctl call, WDIOCPATPAT.
.Pp
The ioctl call takes an argument which consists of a timeout value
-specified an integer power of two nanoseconds.
+specified as an integer power of two nanoseconds.
.Pp
-In the flag WD_ACTIVE signals that the watchdog will be kept from
+The WD_ACTIVE flag signals that the watchdog will be kept from
timing out from userland, for instance by the
.Xr watchdogd 8
daemon.
@@ -66,9 +66,8 @@ watchdog implementations support the request.
If the ioctl fails, for instance if no watchdog supports the timeout
length, all watchdogs are disabled and must be explicitly reenabled.
.Sh SEE ALSO
-.Xr sysctl 8 ,
.Xr watchdogd 8
-.Xr watchdogd 9
+.Xr watchdog 9
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
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