Merge git://www.linux-watchdog.org/linux-watchdog

* git://www.linux-watchdog.org/linux-watchdog:
  watchdog: omap_wdt.c: fix the WDIOC_GETBOOTSTATUS ioctl if not implemented.
  watchdog: new driver for VIA chipsets
  watchdog: ath79_wdt: flush register writes
  drivers/watchdog/lantiq_wdt.c: drop iounmap for devm_ allocated data
  watchdog: documentation: describe nowayout in coversion-guide
  watchdog: documentation: update index file
  watchdog: Convert wm831x driver to devm_kzalloc()
  watchdog: add nowayout helpers to Watchdog Timer Driver Kernel API
  watchdog: convert drivers/watchdog/* to use module_platform_driver()
  watchdog: Use DEFINE_SPINLOCK() for static spinlocks
  watchdog: Convert Wolfson drivers to module_platform_driver

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt b/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt
index 4f7c894..4b93c28 100644
--- a/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt
+++ b/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 The Linux WatchDog Timer Driver Core kernel API.
 ===============================================
-Last reviewed: 22-Jul-2011
+Last reviewed: 29-Nov-2011
 
 Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>
 
@@ -142,6 +142,14 @@ bit-operations. The status bits that are defined are:
 * WDOG_NO_WAY_OUT: this bit stores the nowayout setting for the watchdog.
   If this bit is set then the watchdog timer will not be able to stop.
 
+  To set the WDOG_NO_WAY_OUT status bit (before registering your watchdog
+  timer device) you can either:
+  * set it statically in your watchdog_device struct with
+	.status = WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT_INIT_STATUS,
+    (this will set the value the same as CONFIG_WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT) or
+  * use the following helper function:
+  static inline void watchdog_set_nowayout(struct watchdog_device *wdd, int nowayout)
+
 Note: The WatchDog Timer Driver Core supports the magic close feature and
 the nowayout feature. To use the magic close feature you must set the
 WDIOF_MAGICCLOSE bit in the options field of the watchdog's info structure.